Does trust really matter when it comes to leadership? After all, leaders pay people to do their jobs. Trust is somewhat beside the point, right? Actually, not by a long shot. Research both formal and anecdotal proves that organizations run as such suffer in big ways, including the bottom line. On the other hand, leaders…
In his new book, The Leadership Crisis And The Free Market Cure, John Allison defines Integrity as, “the harmony of mind and body” and says that, as a principle, it “guides us to act consistently with our beliefs.” After a brief but brilliant explanation regarding how one cannot act with integrity if one’s values are…
A large part of influence is believability. Believability inspires trust. If you are believable once, you’ll get a shot at being believable again. If you are not believable just once, however (especially if it’s someone’s first exposure to you), the chances are excellent that you will not be considered such from that point on. I…
If influence is the ability to move a person(s) to a desired and appropriate action, then what is its lynchpin? What is that one…thing that, without it, you convince but cannot persuade and, with it, you can rally a single person or huge group to commit themselves to a cause? What is that one…thing that…
Recently, on my Facebook page I posted the following: Trying to influence another person without first eliciting trust is as futile as…as…darn, hate when I can’t come up with a clever ending. 🙂 So, how would YOU end that sentence? Responses ranged from funny to profound; many of them both. Here they are… Dave Ferguson…
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