{"id":3385,"date":"2017-03-22T09:37:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T13:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=3385"},"modified":"2017-03-22T18:01:33","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T22:01:33","slug":"checking-the-boxes-to-a-high-trust-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=3385","title":{"rendered":"Checking The Boxes to a High Trust Organization"},"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=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you lead an organization and want to build trust into its DNA, it all begins (and ends)\u00a0with you. How many of these boxes can you check?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Start with an assessment of yourself:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Are you trustworthy?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Do you possess integrity, character and values?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Do you share those values with your family?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Do you instill them in your children?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Do you take your personal values to work?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Perform an organizational trust audit:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.trustacrossamerica.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3385&#038;text=Have%20you%20built%20trust%20into%20your%20organizational%20culture%20with%20the%20support%20of%20your%20Board%3F&#038;via=@BarbaraKimmel&#038;related=@BarbaraKimmel' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Have you built trust into your organizational culture with the support of your Board? <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.trustacrossamerica.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3385&#038;text=Have%20you%20built%20trust%20into%20your%20organizational%20culture%20with%20the%20support%20of%20your%20Board%3F&#038;via=@BarbaraKimmel&#038;related=@BarbaraKimmel' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em>Is it reflected in your\u00a0statement of values and corporate credo?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>How do you practice your organizational values?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>How well do you communicate them?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Will they outlive your tenure?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Consider\u00a0your internal stakeholders:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Do you discuss trust\u00a0daily?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Do you encourage feedback?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Are you working to break down silos and create unified strategies?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Do you share a consistent vision?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Do you model openness and vulnerability?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Do you use transparent decision-making?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Do you ask for input?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.trustacrossamerica.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3385&#038;text=Do%20you%20have%20long-term%20trust-building%20goals%20and%20execute%20them%20well%2C%20one%20by%20one%3F&#038;via=@BarbaraKimmel&#038;related=@BarbaraKimmel' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Do you have long-term trust-building goals and execute them well, one by one? <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.trustacrossamerica.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3385&#038;text=Do%20you%20have%20long-term%20trust-building%20goals%20and%20execute%20them%20well%2C%20one%20by%20one%3F&#038;via=@BarbaraKimmel&#038;related=@BarbaraKimmel' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em>Do you share every \u201cWow\u201d moment in your organization?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Do you communicate well?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Consider your\u00a0external stakeholders:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Have you shared your vision and values in building a trustworthy organization?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Have you identified the outcome(s)\u00a0you are seeking?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Have you defined your intentions for each of our stakeholder groups?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Have you made promises that you will keep?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Have you determined the steps you will take to fulfill these promises?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Almost every organizational challenge can be traced back to low trust&#8230; and a leader who has not checked the boxes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Barbara Brooks Kimmel<\/b>\u00a0is the CEO and Cofounder of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/index.shtml\"><span class=\"s1\">Trust Across America-Trust Around the World<\/span><\/a>\u00a0whose mission is to help organizations build trust. Barbara also runs the world&#8217;s largest global\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/cgi-bin\/alliance.cgi\"><span class=\"s1\">Trust Alliance<\/span><\/a>, is the editor of the award winning\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/trustacrossamerica.com\/order.shtml\"><span class=\"s1\">TRUST INC.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0book series and a Managing Member at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.factsinvestor.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\">FACTS\u00ae Asset Management<\/span><\/a>, a NJ registered investment advisor. In 2012 she was named one of \u201c25 Women who are Changing the World\u201d by Good Business International, and in 2017 she became a Fellow of the Governance &amp; Accountability Institute. Barbara holds a BA in International Affairs and an MBA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Copyright (c) 2017, Next Decade, Inc.<\/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=3385&title=Checking The Boxes to a High Trust Organization\" title=\"Share this on oknotizie\"> <\/a><\/li><li class=\"twitter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Checking The Boxes to a High Trust Organization &raquo; https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=3385\" title=\"Share this on twitter\"> <\/a><\/li><li class=\"delicious\"><a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/post?url=https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/?p=3385&title=Checking The Boxes to a High Trust Organization\" title=\"Share this on del.icio.us\"> <\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost every organizational challenge can be traced back to low trust&#8230; and a leader who has not checked the boxes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[45,404,420,397,390],"tags":[122,18,202,144,26,136,116,3,5,246,167,121],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3385"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3388,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3385\/revisions\/3388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustacrossamerica.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}