Trust is an essential ingredient in a healthy organizational culture — and your leadership team plays a critical role in building that trust. Good leaders pave the way for a high-trust culture through their conduct in the workplace and approach to developing relationships.
When people experience mutual trust with their organization’s leadership, performance improves dramatically. They become more energized and engaged, collaborate better with their peers, work more efficiently, develop more creative solutions, and achieve sustainable, high-impact results.
The good news is that trust isn’t an innate characteristic — it’s a skill everyone can learn. FranklinCovey’s research-backed content, expert consultants, and innovative technology will empower your leaders to cultivate trust and hold themselves and your organization to high standards.
Great leaders build trust through integrity, empathy, and listening to others.
Acts in an honest and ethically responsible way
Trusts others to meet their commitments.
Seeks to understand colleagues’ goals, priorities, interests, and perspectives
A toolkit for leaders at all levels.
Explore the research-validated language, framework, and process for creating a high-trust organizational culture.
Lasting behavior change comes from the inside out. Who people are, and how they view the world, impacts how they engage and lead others. Our Impact Journeys combine our exclusive content, expert consultants, and powerful technology to help people change both their mindset and their behavior.
Explore a sample Impact Journey excerpt below.
Building High Trust as a Leader
Develop trust to ensure team members become energized and engaged. This course will transform your team so they collaborate more effectively, operate faster, and achieve sustainable results.
Timing: 2 days
As a leader, you must focus on building and maintaining your personal credibility. Without credibility, a leader will have no willing followers resulting in low-performing, unmotivated team members.
Timing: 15 min
Your team members may not always agree with your rationale, but at least they’ll know why you act the way you do.
Timing: 10 min
Extending trust can engage the heart and mind.
Timing: 10 min
Commit to seek mutual benefit, rather than competition, in your interactions with others.
Timing: 30-60 min