Trust is like a dance. Learn the steps to be a better leader

To waltz smoothly through office life, we need to balance vulnerability and honest feedback, says Ben Bryant. And it’s perfectly fine to step on someone’s toes occasionally

Trust is foundational in leadership. It determines the quality of your interactions with colleagues and team members and the caliber of the work you produce together. Trust regulates risk-taking, experimentation, collaboration, information-sharing, innovation, and growth. Trust (like money or love) makes the world go around – until it doesn’t. Organizations create and realize potential where there is a culture of trust. In its absence, creativity suffers, engagement declines, the quality of outputs worsens, and undesirable outcomes proliferate. How you build trust is contingent on different factors. As a boss, your peers and subordinates will want to trust your decisions. They want to trust your ability to stand up and defend them, see opportunities and risks, make hard choices, and determine what is best for the organization and its people. But…

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