Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Leadership and Trust

“Leadership is all about managing people’s trust”~Kavis Reed This statement by Kavis resonates with me. I have experienced it in the working with many leaders. The ones that I would consider good or great had a lot of my trust. The ones that were crappy had little to none of my trust. But the question I ask myself is? Do I engender trust in others? Am I a trustworthy person? Do I inspire trust in others? Trust is built through integrity, honesty and doing what you say and saying what you mean. I guess for me I have to admit I am a work in progress. I desire to be a great leader. I am inspired to be so. I have all of the books and information. And yet something holds me back. My fatal flaw is consistency. I am inconsistent and in truth at times lazy. So how can my inconsistency be turned into a strength and not just be a weakness? My inconsistency can be a deterrent to building trust. I have worked hard at being clear in my communication. To being a person of integrity and honesty. I am learning to commit less and deliver more.