{"id":2538,"date":"2015-01-25T13:52:08","date_gmt":"2015-01-25T18:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=2538"},"modified":"2015-01-25T16:35:35","modified_gmt":"2015-01-25T21:35:35","slug":"is-it-too-lonely-at-the-top-for-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=2538","title":{"rendered":"Is it (Too) Lonely at the Top for Trust?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Is loneliness at the top a trust buster? You bet. But don’t believe me, just read this Wall Street Journal article<\/a> and pay particular attention to #3.<\/p>\n

We must not forget that our organization’s leaders are humans first and executives second.\u00a0How can we expect leaders to be trustworthy when rising in the ranks impedes the growth of trust?<\/p>\n

I’ve spoken to CEOs who joke about how lonely it is at the top, but I never stopped to think about why. Imagine getting to where you are only to find that you are forced to trust fewer people as more try to take advantage of your position?<\/p>\n

If building organizational trust rests squarely on the shoulders of leadership, this Catch 22 must be overcome. Leaders can start by\u00a0availing themselves of the myriad of resources (many free) to avoid the\u00a0“loneliness trap” by building organizational trust in incremental steps.<\/p>\n

Trust Across America-Trust Around the World<\/a> has spent six years sourcing trust tools and bringing them together on our website- books<\/a>, magazines<\/a>, videos<\/a>, reports<\/a>, speakers<\/a>, and even a\u00a0master research bibliography<\/a>.\u00a0If you are the leader of an organization and feeling the “loneliness at the top” and diminishing trust, please stop by. If you can’t find what you are looking for, drop us a note at barbara@trustacrossamerica.com<\/a> . We’ll be glad to help (no strings attached.)<\/p>\n

Barbara Brooks Kimmel<\/strong>\u00a0is the Executive Director of\u00a0<\/span>Trust Across America-Trust Around the World<\/a>\u00a0whose mission is to help organizations build trust. She is also the editor of the award winning\u00a0<\/span>TRUST INC.<\/a>\u00a0book series and the Executive Editor of\u00a0<\/span>TRUST! Magazine<\/a>. In 2012 Barbara was named \u201cOne of 25 Women Changing the World\u201d by Good Business International.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our 2015 Poster,\u00a052 Weeks of Activities to Increase Organizational Trust<\/a>\u00a0is available\u00a0to those who would like to support our work by making a small donation.<\/p>\n

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