I’ve made the first hire for my new project – my connector!
I have immense trust and respect for my connector. Not just for their skills and decades of expertise but because I have known them for what seems like a lifetime and I have worked with them many times before.
A foundation for working together is rarely more solid than that.
When choosing a team, I’ll always look for trust and respect first. The right skills are very important yet trust and respect are more important to me.
The lack of trust and respect will do far more damage than the lack of skills ever will.
💎 If you have trust and respect every single interaction will be easier and more enjoyable.
Without trust and respect every interaction will be an uphill struggle and will become less and less enjoyable as time goes on.
💎 If you have trust and respect, you can trust what the person says – is there anything more important in every relationship?
Without trust and respect you will never know if what you are being told is the truth – about anything.
This causes all sorts of problems that escalate with every conversation. In the back of your mind you’ll always be thinking – is this the truth or not?
💎 If you have trust and respect, you can trust what the person does.
Without trust and respect you will never know if the work is done or not, if shortcuts have been taken, if the work is to the agreed standard or if anything to do with the work is the actual truth!
This causes all sorts of problems – the less trust and respect that exists, the less gets done and the more frustrating the entire journey will be.
💎 If you have trust and respect you know the people you work with have your back. They will do their very best and will go above and beyond for you.
You can then return the gifts of having their back, doing your best and going above and beyond for them.
Without trust and respect you’ll always be watching your back, the work will never be as good as it can be and the journey will be rocky and difficult.
💎 All of the above highlight why trust and respect are so important to me in terms of who I work with.
In his best-selling book The Speed of Trust, Stephen M.R Covey outlines why trust speeds up everything and how the lack of trust slows everything down.
The Speed of Trust is a great read if you want to learn more about the benefits of trust and the exponential damage lack of trust creates.
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Thanks for reading 
Siobhain
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