{"id":2350,"date":"2014-11-21T10:38:17","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T15:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=2350"},"modified":"2014-11-21T10:38:17","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T15:38:17","slug":"trustgiving2014-a-character-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=2350","title":{"rendered":"#TRUSTGiving2014 : A Character Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"boxyPaddingBig\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2266\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2266\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2266\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/TrustGiving-2014Large-Logo-Final-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"TrustGiving 2014 Logo-Final\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/TrustGiving-2014Large-Logo-Final-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/TrustGiving-2014Large-Logo-Final-776x1024.jpg 776w, https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/TrustGiving-2014Large-Logo-Final.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"boxyPaddingBig\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/trust-giving.shtml\">TRUSTGiving 2014<\/a>, our first annual weeklong trust awareness campaign. \u00a0Join the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/cgi-bin\/alliance.cgi\">Alliance of Trustworthy Business Experts<\/a>\u00a0as our members help our readers navigate the complexities of trust. We\u00a0will be blogging (several times a day) and posting on Twitter #TrustGiving2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The headlines speak for themselves&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trust in business is down<\/li>\n<li>Washington can&#8217;t be trusted<\/li>\n<li>The NFL has trust issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>&#8230;.or do they?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever paused to consider that businesses, Washington and the NFL are all run by people? \u00a0Institutions are only as trustworthy as those who lead them. In reality, we don&#8217;t have a crisis of trust. We have\u00a0too many &#8220;low trust&#8221; leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Trust is built on three pillars: Character, competence &amp; consistency. If the first of these pillars comes naturally, the second two are easy to construct. How do you measure character? <a href=\"http:\/\/charactercounts.org\/sixpillars.html\">Michael Josephson<\/a>\u00a0has built his &#8220;Character Counts&#8221; program on 6 pillars. Notice the first is trustworthiness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444;\"><strong>If you lead an organization and the headlines are continuously working against you, take a few minutes to consider the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"color: #444444;\">\n<li><em>Do you cheat or deceive others?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Are you reliable? (consistency)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Do you keep your word?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Do you have courage to do the right thing?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Do you have a good reputation? (competence)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Are you loyal?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Do you stand by your family, friends and country?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"color: #444444;\">You may have noticed that competence and consistency are attributes of good character. If organizations were run by people who could answer &#8220;Yes&#8221; to all these questions, or even took the time to consider them,\u00a0the headlines would read differently.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444;\">Being trustworthy is not rocket science. It&#8217;s simply a choice.\u00a0Make it yours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444;\"><strong style=\"color: #000000;\">Barbara Brooks Kimmel<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0is the Executive Director of\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #4f81d8;\" href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/index.shtml\">Trust Across America-Trust Around the World<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0whose mission is to help organizations build trust. She is also the editor of the award winning\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #4f81d8;\" href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/order.shtml\">TRUST INC.<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0book series and the Executive Editor of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/magazine.shtml\">TRUST! Magazine<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. In 2012 Barbara was named \u201cOne of 25 Women Changing the World\u201d by Good Business International.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-best-social-bookmark\"><ul class=\"socials\"><li class=\"oknotizie\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oknotizie.virgilio.it\/post.html.php?url=https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=2350&title=#TRUSTGiving2014 : A Character Checklist\" title=\"Share this on oknotizie\"> <\/a><\/li><li class=\"twitter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=#TRUSTGiving2014 : A Character Checklist &raquo; https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=2350\" title=\"Share this on twitter\"> <\/a><\/li><li class=\"delicious\"><a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/post?url=https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=2350&title=#TRUSTGiving2014 : A Character Checklist\" title=\"Share this on del.icio.us\"> <\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being trustworthy is not rocket science. It&#8217;s simply a choice. 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