Trust Firm confdence in the dependability, truth, ability, or strength o someone or something. Is complex, can be maintain, merge and change depending on the situation and can decline across time.
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expectation rom a partner to another
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benefts that someone get or actions in certain situations
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gain value as a person
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make people engage in their urther relationship building
How and why trust grows, is preserved, and breaks in relationships? •
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First, individuals measure the degree to which they can trust their partners by observing their transormation and motivation in trust-diagnostic trust-diagnostic situations. Second, trust-diagnostic situations oten occur naturally and unintentionally during everyday lie. hird, sel-es sel-esteem teem should a!ect a!ect the growth growth or decline decline o trust over time in relationships.
Principles of trust ". Sel Sel--rust is #redib #redibilit ility y rust rust is abou aboutt credibility credibility.. #redibility #redibility boils down down into our core core issues$ issues$ your integrity, integrity, your intent, your capabilities, and your results. Integrity includes honesty %telling the truth and leaving the right impression&, congruence %walking %walking your talk&, humility, and the courage to do what is right Intent is about motive, your reason or doing something. he motive that inspires the greatest trust is genuine caring. he behavior that that best cr creates eates credibility credibility and inspires inspires trust trust is acting acting in the best best interest o others, so when we believe people truly are acting in our best interest, we tend to trust them. '. (elationsh elationship ip rust rust is #onsiste #onsistent nt )ehavior )ehavior he *uickest *uickest way to decrease decrease trust is to violate a behavior behavior o character, character, while the *uickest *uick est way to increase increase trust is to demonstrate a behavior o competence. alk alk Straight$ )e )e honest. ell the truth. +et people know know where you stand. se se simple language. leave alseemonstrate impressions. integrity. ont manipulate people or distort acts. ont
#reate ransparency$ ransparency is about being open, real, and genuine. /ake things right when youre wrong$ 0pologi1e *uickly. emonstrate personal humility. Show +oyalty$ 2ive credit to others and speak about people as though they were present. #lariy 3xpectations$ isclose and reveal all expectations or discussion and renegotiate renegotia te them i needed and possible. ont assume expectations are clear or shared. +isten beore you speak$ +isten to understand ully. iagnose and dont assume you know what matters most to others. ont presume you have all the answers 4 or all the *uestions #ommitments$ /ake commitments careully and then keep them, and dont break confdences. 5. 6rg 6rgani1 ani1ation ational al rust rust is 0lignment 0lignment 3nsure that all structures and systems are in harmony with the behaviors. 7ork on creating a culture o making and keeping commitments. 8. /ark /arket et rus rustt is (eputa (eputation tion his section section ocusses on applying a similar approach approach to the earlier earlier chapters, chapters, relating relating it to the external marketplace. 9. Soci Societal etal rust is #ontri #ontributi bution on #ontribution is the intent to create value instead o destroy it, to give back instead o take emonstrate (espect$ reat everyone with respect. Show kindness in the little things. )ehave in ways that demonstrate caring and concern. ake nothing or granted and recogni1e the contributions made by everyone.
Results 7hen we expect more, we tend to get more: when we expect less, we tend to get less.
Restoring Trust Increase your personal credibility and behave in ways that inspire trust. 2enerally speaking, a loss o trust created by a violation o character %integrity or intent& is ar more di;cult to restore than a loss o trust created by a violation o competence %capabilities or results&.