Posts Tagged ‘trust’

Can You Be Truly Honest?

Honesty, we say, is the best policy. And yet, it’s hardly news to anyone that in much of our lives, dishonesty rules. Salespeople lie about the benefits of one product over another, or about how useful those “extended service plans” really are. Partners lie about whether they liked dinner, or about what they did last night after work. Employees lie about the reason a project is overdue, or about how… Continue reading

September 8 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: fear, honesty, people, relationship, self-development, self-improvement, trust | 26 comments»

Trustworthy Sites Are Worth A Mint

The internet is full of lies. Without plenty of effort, you can’t even prove my name is Thursday Bram. So why should you hand over your bank account numbers, passwords and other financial data to me?That’s essentially what Mint and other money management sites are asking you to do. These companies have many benefits for those of us focused on productivity and, for some of us, those benefits… Continue reading

June 10 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: mint, money management, trust | 4 comments»

What is most likely to help you reach the top?

When it comes to success in today's world, being the kind of person others like outranks all of the fashionable traits like competitiveness, willingness to work harder then anyone else, piling up qualifications, or blind obedience to the demands of the people at the top. Pleasant, likable people have the best chances of being hired, promoted, and rewarded. Customers are more willing to buy from those they feel good… Continue reading

October 29 2007 | By Guest | Tagged: networking, open, relationship, reputation, trust | 7 comments»

Selfish Mentoring

One of my favorite themes in the MWA coaching curriculum is something we refer to as the ‘selfish mentoring of ‘imi ola.’‘Imi ola is the Hawaiian value of personal vision; it literally translates to ‘seek life’ and as a business value, we use it to coach managers on how to seek their best possible lives in business.Don’t get stuck on the normally negative connotation of the word; selfishness in… Continue reading

February 15 2007 | By Rosa | Tagged: business, choice, coaching, decision-making, mentoring, planning, Productivity, trust | 4 comments»

Putting Your Trust in . . . Trust

Trust is an essential component in almost all dealings between human beings, other than outright hostile ones like wars and terrorism. It is certainly vital for the proper running of any organization, as well as for almost all the components of trade and commerce. Lack of trust between trading partners undermines the proper functioning of business. Mistrust is a major cause of excessive (and unnecessary) workload on leaders, since the… Continue reading

November 27 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: business-ethics, civilized-work, collaboration, commitment, corporate-culture, empowerment, Hamburger-Management, honesty, innovation, integrity, leadership, Lifehack, Management, micro-management, motivation, office-politics, relationships, teamwork, trust, work, work-life, workstyle | 3 comments»

Change Here

After the election last week in the United States, change is a hot topic, but it isn't political change that I have been thinking about recently. It's how organizations and their leaders cope—or, more often, fail to cope too well—with the need for changes in business practices to promote growth and foster creativity.It's a truism to point out that no one can avoid change. It's part of the reality in… Continue reading

November 13 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: breakthrough, business-fundamentalism, change, civilized-work, corporate-culture, creativity, dignity, effectiveness, Hamburger-Management, happiness, improvement, lifebalance, Management, priorities, slow-leadership, strategy, thinking, thought, trust, work, work-life, work/life-balance, worklife, workplace | 1 comment»

Ten Ways To Tell If Someone Is Lying To You

Wouldn't be useful to know who is lying to you. How would you trust a person - only if the person wouldn't lie to you. "The truth is out there" - (insert X-Files theme song) - see, human love to know the truth.Elisabeth Eaves at Forbes gives number of ways for you to detect lies. Couple of indications include:

Watch Body Language
Seek Detail
Beware Unpleasantness
Observe Eye Contact
Signs of Stress
Listen for the Pause
Ask

November 8 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: detection, lie, trust | 2 comments»

Why We Should Put an End to “Hamburger Management”

Hamburger Management is a shoddy, debased version of real leadership that focuses on just three things: whatever demands least, can be used fastest, and costs least. It thrives wherever organizations seek to meet unrealistic targets with insufficient resources to maximize short-term profits. Indeed, Hamburger Management is short-term by nature, and will habitually sacrifice long-term advantage and value for the immediate gratification of bosses and investors.To force people to work long… Continue reading

November 6 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: accomplishment, anxiety, business-ethics, change, civilized-work, competition, creativity, effectiveness, Hamburger-Management, innovation, leadership, lifehacks, Management, manager, micro-management, organization, slow-leadership, strategy, stress, trust, value, work-life, work/life-balance, worklife, workplace | 3 comments»

Antidotes to Hamburger Management

I've been thinking and writing quite a lot this week about Hamburger Management: the type of management approach that is based on always doing whatever is quickest, simplest and (above all) cheapest. Hamburger Managers provide the kind of leadership that is best described as: "Never mind the quality, look how fast it goes and how cheap it is." Sadly, this approach is being forced on a great many otherwise perfectly… Continue reading

October 23 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: attitude, behavior, bestpractices, business-ethics, civilization, civilized-work, competition, decision-making, effectiveness, empowerment, engagement, expectations, guideline, Hamburger-Management, innovation, integrity, leadership, lifebalance, Management, meetings, organization, performance, priorities, prioritization, slow-leadership, strategy, stress, success, trust, work, work-life, work/life-balance | 4 comments»

How To Get People To Trust You

Lisa Lerer at Forbes has a short article on how to get people to trust you in a short period of the time. This is a pretty good hack in term of business, because usually your customers or contacts will not be your friends or know you for a long time. The article includes bits and pieces on different situations:... The same idea applies in different business cultures, which often… Continue reading

September 26 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: Communication, trust | 2 comments»

Thinking About Trust

Trust in other people is one of the foundations for creating a civilized working environment. Many managers are overworked primarily because of a lack of trust. They take on too much themselves, because they don't trust their subordinates to do the work properly. They cannot allocate enough time to their own work, because they don't believe people will put in the required time without constant supervision. They attend pointless meetings… Continue reading

July 31 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: attitude, behavior, boss, burnout, business, businesslife, civilized-work, control, corporate-culture, delegation, discontentment, fear, happiness, leadership, lifebalance, Management, manager, micro-management, office-politics, organization, respect, team, teamwork, timemanagement, trust, work, work-life, work/life-balance, working, worklife | 3 comments»

How Civilized is Your Workplace?

A civilized workplace is one where people have the time and freedom to do their jobs to the best of their ability. No one is bullied or hassled by some boss high on ego and testosterone. Leaders trust their subordinates to do what they're paid to do; and subordinates trust their leaders to act with their interests in mind as well as the firm's profits (and the executives' stock options). Continue reading

May 29 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: achievement, civilization, civilized-work, commitment, ethics, fun, leadership, lifebalance, managememt, Management, manager, office-politics, organization, performance, prioritization, Productivity, trust, vision, work, work-life | 1 comment»

The Importance of Trust

Earlier today, I googled the word "trust." It was a sobering experience. I was more than 20 pages into the results before meeting a single instance of trust in the sense of belief in something or someone. Continue reading

April 24 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: attitude, behavior, Management, relationship, trust, work | 4 comments»

Would I Lie To You?

Lying your way out of trouble often causes far greater harm. Integrity is worth more than you may think. Continue reading

February 20 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: ethics, honesty, integrity, mistake, personal, problem, reputation, trust | no comments»

Loyalty And Fear

In my career, I've experienced times when disloyalty was disruptive and killed any sense of trust. But I've also seen cases where too much unquestioning loyalty meant important issues were suppressed until it was too late. It's made me wonder if open questioning of authority, short of defiance, may be essential if we're not to lose our way. Continue reading

October 10 2005 | By Guest | Tagged: leadership, loyalty, Management, organization, team, trust, work-life | 3 comments»