In order to increases your chances of success on your initiative, it is essential to build trust with your team. Trust doesn’t just happen – you have to work at it. Remember – building trust starts with you!
Consider the following ways to build trust with the team:
- Establish strong relationships with team members
- Follow through on commitments you make to the team
- Secure the necessary resources to support the team’s efforts
- Provide feedback to team members
- Give credit where credit is due, and accept the blame when things go wrong (be sure that higher up know what a great job the team and individual team members are doing)
- Be available for the team via a variety of channels (phone, instant messaging, text, email)
- Go to bat for the team – get them what they need to be successful
- Be open and honest in communications with the team
- Provide tools for collaboration
- Enable for learning opportunities on the team
- Provide for team activities and time to socialize for the team
What do you do to build trust with your teams?
