Leaders must always be honest. Bottom line: that’s what builds trust.
· It’s about truth.
· Just stick with that.
· You’ll never get confused.
· Everyone knows what’s what
· Because the facts will not change.
Truth and trust are a matched pair. The first time that leaders are not honest, any trust they’ve built up (over time) goes away and it’s hard to get it back. Here’s what I think. Facts are facts: like 2+2=4, like your community’s laws or your company’s policies or your group’s rules, like the norms in your company culture. Those are not like opinions: as in ‘this is what I think’ or even ‘this is my perspective’. Whether in a community or company, facts are based on a leader's vision, authority, consensus, and integrity. Vision tell us where we’re going and how we’re going to get there; Authority publishes guidelines (laws, rules, policies) that act as lane markers on our personal and professional highways; Consensus is achieved by mixing position power (to some degree) and persuasive power (often to a much greater degree) to promote agreement and alignment; and Integrity: it's saying what you mean, meaning what you say, doing what’s right, and telling the truth. That’s the kind of stuff that builds trust. And a trusting workplace is free of all the obstacles that limit its ability to achieve excellence. The more honest you are, the freer you’ll be to become great today.
Rothaniel Jerrod Carmichael (born 1987): American stand-up comedian, actor, and filmmaker.
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