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It’s Week #7 of 2016. This is our latest article in a series of \u00a0ideas to elevate trust in your organization, drawn from our 3rd annual 2016 Trust Poster<\/a><\/strong>….now hanging in offices of hundreds of organizations around the world that have placed trust\u00a0on their business agenda.<\/p>\n

52 Ideas That You Can Implement to Build Trust<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nan Russell\u00a0a Trust Alliance<\/a> Member and\u00a0one of our 2016 Top Thought Leaders in Trust<\/a>, offers this:<\/p>\n

Be very good at what you do. Competence is a litmus test for believability.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Look around any organization and you\u2019ll see trust. There is some division, department, work unit, or team where people shine, ideas flourish, and exceptional work is achieved. We can all learn from these trust-pockets, and the formal and informal leaders who ignite that trust. Their trust-enhancing behaviors go beyond the basics starting with their competence. They\u2019re very good at what they do. Content may be king on the internet, but competence is king at work. People trust people who consistently deliver.<\/em><\/p>\n

Competence is a litmus test for believability. No believability \u2013 no credibility. No credibility \u2013 no trust. Competence builds performance trust. Performance trust is the fulfillment of a claim, promise, or request. Some call it integrity, some walk-the-talk; others openness and honesty or accountability. In many ways, performance trust is a result of all of these, but competence is its starting point. People want to follow, and give their trust, to those who do what they say they can do, do it well, and enable and engage others’ strengths along the way.<\/em><\/p>\n

How many readers took\u00a0took the earlier advice offered\u00a0in our Weekly series?<\/p>\n

Week #1 Kouzes & Posner\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Week #2 Bob Vanourek<\/a><\/p>\n

Week #3 Barbara Kimmel<\/a><\/p>\n

Week #4 Mark Fernandes<\/a><\/p>\n

Week #5 Doug Conant<\/a><\/p>\n

Week #6 Roger Steare<\/a><\/p>\n

Barbara Brooks Kimmel<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is the CEO & Cofounder\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span>Trust Across America-Trust Around the World<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0whose mission is to help organizations build trust and integrity. She facilitates the world’s\u00a0largest membership program<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for those interested in the subject. Barbara also serves as\u00a0editor of the award winning\u00a0<\/span>TRUST INC.<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>book series and the Executive Editor of\u00a0<\/span>TRUST! Magazine<\/span><\/a><\/span>. In 2012 Barbara was named \u201cOne of 25 Women Changing the World\u201d by Good Business International.<\/span><\/p>\n

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