{"id":3231,"date":"2016-05-30T08:22:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T12:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=3231"},"modified":"2016-05-30T08:22:21","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T12:22:21","slug":"is-trust-building-your-business-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=3231","title":{"rendered":"Is Trust Building YOUR Business Priority?"},"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>It&#8217;s Week #22 of 2016. This latest article is part of a series drawn from our 3rd annual <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/poster.shtml\">2016 Trust Poster<\/a><\/strong>&#8230;.now hanging in hundreds of offices around the world. Get yours <a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/poster.shtml\">today<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>52 Ideas That You Can Implement to Build Trust<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Today&#8217;s trust idea is offered by <a href=\"https:\/\/leadingincontext.com\/\">Linda Fisher Thornton<\/a>. Linda is a <a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/cgi-bin\/alliance.cgi\">Trust Alliance<\/a> member and a Trust Across America <a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/offerings-thought-leaders-press-release-2016.shtml\">Top Thought Leader<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Make trust building a business priority.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>According to Thornton, if you want to build an organization that lasts, make it a business priority to invest in trust building.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When leaders trust others and are trustworthy themselves, they bring out the best in their organizations. Some of the many ways that trust building plays a critical role in the success of organizations include:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Freeing up people\u2019s energy and attention to focus on the real work of the organization<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Reducing fears that people will be subjected to negative interpersonal behavior<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Releasing creative energy that can be used to solve problems, and<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Improving productivity, job satisfaction, customer retention, and other important aspects of business success.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Trusting and being trustworthy are important elements in ethical leadership because of their powerful positive ripple effects.\u00a0\u00a0The process of intentionally leading in ways that build trust creates a positive setting where great things can happen. In a highly competitive global marketplace, that can result in a thriving workforce and a competitive edge.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Thank you Linda. We hope our readers heed this week&#8217;s advice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Barbara Brooks Kimmel<\/strong>\u00a0is the CEO and Cofounder of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/index.shtml\">Trust Across America-Trust Around the World<\/a>\u00a0whose mission is to help organizations build trust. Now in its seventh year, the program\u2019s proprietary <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1GHV62j\">FACTS\u00ae Framework<\/a> ranks and measures the trustworthiness of over 2000 US public companies on five quantitative indicators of trustworthy business behavior. Barbara is also the editor of the award winning\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/order.shtml\">TRUST INC.<\/a>\u00a0book series and the Executive Editor of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/magazine.shtml\">TRUST! 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