Sunday, December 22, 2013

Credibility and Trust

Credibility and Trust are two ingredients that you need to be a good leader, boss, employee and friend.

How to gain credibility and trust? 
Follow through and stand by your word.

If you want people to trust you then do not lie to them. 
Do not just yell orders, lead by example.
Be there when they need you.
That is how you gain trust.

In order to gain trust you need be credible, people need to trust you.
If you change direction or get caught in a lie you lose your reputation and people will have a tough time falling in line and believing in you.

Reputations are very tough to change, perception is reality.
People talk.
You can have a good reputation or a bad one. 
If people feel like you are on their side and want to help them, they will defend you to others and in turn build your reputation for you. 
Or they will speak negative about you and therefore destroy your reputation and trust me a negative reputation is much more difficult to change.

It's pretty simple, just do your job and be honest. Care about the other guy and it will come back to you. Walk all over the other guy and that too will come back to you.
The choice is yours.

Credibility and trust.

1 comment:

Road Warrior said...

Choose your words...I've always been one who just blurted out my feelings.Just last week,there was some good news about the processing of military paperwork,and all I could thing of was who was going to pay the cost.Good news,it's not us...But,my questions alarmed the fella I was talking to and that was not my intention.Try not to read into anything,UNTIL you have the facts.Say what you mean,mean what you say...