{"id":2955,"date":"2015-09-12T09:40:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-12T13:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=2955"},"modified":"2015-09-12T09:40:50","modified_gmt":"2015-09-12T13:40:50","slug":"employees-dont-trust-their-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=2955","title":{"rendered":"Employees Don&#8217;t Trust Their Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1005\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1005\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1005\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/TAATAW_LOGO_H_color-tagline-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"TAA_R2_EDIT-CS3\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our September Trust Quest asked the following question:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What is the bigger issue in your organization?\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leadership doesn&#8217;t trust its employees?<\/p>\n<p>Employees don&#8217;t trust their leaders?<\/p>\n<p>And here are the results of our poll&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2958\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2958\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2958\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trust-Quest-Final-September-2015-Summary-Report-copy-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"Trust Quest Final September 2015 Summary Report copy\" width=\"217\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trust-Quest-Final-September-2015-Summary-Report-copy-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trust-Quest-Final-September-2015-Summary-Report-copy-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trust-Quest-Final-September-2015-Summary-Report-copy.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>71% of our respondents said that employees don&#8217;t trust their leaders. \u00a0What does this say about leadership? How long will leaders continue to ignore the impact on their organization of low employee trust including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disengagement<\/li>\n<li>High turnover<\/li>\n<li>Low innovation<\/li>\n<li>Poor morale<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trust starts at the top. It can&#8217;t be delegated to HR or any other department. The tools to build trust are readily available to enlightened leaders who choose to make trust a business priority.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #444444;\">Barbara Brooks Kimmel<\/strong><span style=\"color: #444444;\">\u00a0is the Executive Director of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #4f81d8;\" href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/index.shtml\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Trust Across America-Trust Around the World<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #444444;\">\u00a0whose mission is to help organizations build trust. She facilitates the world&#8217;s<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/cgi-bin\/alliance.cgi\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">largest membership program<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for those interested in the subject. Barbara is also the editor of the award winning\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #4f81d8;\" href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/order.shtml\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">TRUST INC.<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #444444;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<\/span>book series and the Executive Editor of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #4f81d8;\" href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/magazine.shtml\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">TRUST! Magazine<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #444444;\">. In 2012 Barbara was named \u201cOne of 25 Women Changing the World\u201d by Good Business International.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our annual poster,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/poster.shtml\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">52 Weeks of Activities to Increase Organizational Trust<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0is available\u00a0to those who would like to support our work by making a small donation.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know we have published 3 books in our award-winning\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/order.shtml\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">TRUST Inc. series<\/span><\/a><\/span>. They are yours when you\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/cgi-bin\/alliance.cgi\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">join our Alliance.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2015, Next Decade, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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=2955&title=Employees Don&#8217;t Trust Their Leaders\" title=\"Share this on oknotizie\"> <\/a><\/li><li class=\"twitter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Employees Don&#8217;t Trust Their Leaders &raquo; https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=2955\" title=\"Share this on twitter\"> <\/a><\/li><li class=\"delicious\"><a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/post?url=https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=2955&title=Employees Don&#8217;t Trust Their Leaders\" title=\"Share this on del.icio.us\"> <\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>71% of our respondents said that employees don&#8217;t trust their leaders.  What does this say about leadership? 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