Building Trusting Teams

In crisis, good leaders have the ability to step in and maintain control - but the TRUST has to be built first.
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Simon is an unshakable optimist. He believes in a bright future and our ability to build it together.
Described as “a visionary thinker with a rare intellect,” Simon has devoted his professional life to help advance a vision of the world that does not yet exist; a world in which the vast majority of people wake up every single morning inspired, feel safe wherever they are and end the day fulfilled by the work that they do.
Simon is the author of multiple best-selling books including Start With Why, Leaders Eat Last, Together is Better, and The Infinite Game.
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[@yasminmuhammadelias3142]

High trust is critical and crucial for everything. “Trust is equal parts character and competence... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other.” ― Stephen M.R. Covey, The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything We do not want others to control us or micromanage us. Everything has to be win-win and built on trust. Thera are certain things money cannot buy and that's 'TRUST'. If there would be NO TRUST, then it's ONLY the hegemony of Science and Technology to 'command and control others'.

[@christinalelea989]

I have learned so much about managing through your books and your talks! It has changed me as a person to be a better leader.

[@vegas2thebayrealestate]

Fantastic.. Trust is the pillar of creating great relationship! Thanks again Simon!

[@mandychadwick6823]

I understand this explanation of trust and integrity. Thank you 😊

[@Cra3ier]

Thank you Simon for your insight! I'm omw to building trust with my team after 7 months of being lead vs team during work where the team is neglecting and disobeying the leads instructions like children even simple ones. Just after 3 weeks of being with the team to building trust by chit chatting with them everyday, concerning about them, eating with them, working with them sitting down together, now I feel the team is more "responsive" and following my instructions given to them. Gonna keep this bonding up to building greater heights! Thanks again Simon!

[@magicmiguel5175]

Yes trust is love and power!

[@anubissx]

Thank you Mr.Simon for your insight. And for Trust to be built, it will take time and effort (lots). So instead, company just dont care anymore and focus on result and number. Nowadays it very rare to built trust on teams, rather just workers who work together. Most focus on number and how to advance higher by stepping on others. I just want to get this off my mind.

[@izawaniek2568]

Absolutely the case. Thank you.

[@Vishnusk84]

This piece of information would really help everyone, cause trust is vital. Thanks Simon.

[@leanyakoenene6760]

Powerful... I love this!

[@wendribahar1769]

Thank for the lesson Sir

[@skjoldgames]

Thanks Simon. I've read all your books, so hurry up and write another one! Lol. I think trust has been so irreversibly broken by so many institutions and politicians, especially in health care, oil/gas and finance, that the only real solution to regain trust is a clean slate of completely new leadership, top to bottom. It's also disenfranchising to see society reward narcissism and punish integrity.

[@marvinfok65]

‘society reward narcissism and punish integrity‘ 👏👏👏

[@concertautist4474]

Without a rock solid foundation of trust supporting yourself and those you love most dearly, anything built will crack and decay due to fear and mistrust of intention.

[@scottandgrace1]

That's really interesting. That's exactly what happened here in New Zealand with Covid. The whole country got behind our leadership. There were mistakes but NZ knew that the decisions were being made for the right reasons. It worked in the short-medium term. Something changed after about 2 years and the country stopped listening and they had to change the strategy.

[@tomhamilton7726]

Modern corporate management is so far away from the Corps, it is unimaginable. None of the “leaders” I have met would even qualify to attend the Basic School, let alone benefit from attendance. They are too far gone.

[@PRESCRIPTIVELIVINGDIAGNOSEPRES]

💯🎯 it costs them, eventually. Simon says become the leader you wish you had because that is now your option to excel inside the sea of mediocrity.

[@tomhamilton7726]

@@PRESCRIPTIVELIVINGDIAGNOSEPRES No ma’am. That is the option that will lead to your premature forced retirement. There is NO RESPECT within most organizations for ethics, morality or personal integrity. The USMC may be, truly, the exception.

[@PRESCRIPTIVELIVINGDIAGNOSEPRES]

@@tomhamilton7726 this is about personal values, integrity and self respect

[@tomhamilton7726]

@@PRESCRIPTIVELIVINGDIAGNOSEPRES yes. I thought I had just covered that ground. I had thought that we agreed….

[@PRESCRIPTIVELIVINGDIAGNOSEPRES]

@@tomhamilton7726 confusion has a look.

[@indosurftours]

Clear as a whistle💪❤️🪐🙌

[@PRESCRIPTIVELIVINGDIAGNOSEPRES]

Excellence shared here! 🙌

[@shikhadevi7706]

Thanks sir

[@kaushikimitra4345]

Really amazing

[@SoloMotivation]

🌎🌧🌎🌧🌎🌧 When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you’ll find a way to get it 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@TS-ic1ol]

It’s like drug abuse in the military as well. If you seek help there is an amnesty system. You don’t get amnesty if you admit to doing drugs right before a mandatory urinalysis test.

[@tubetomarcato]

Trust yourself first. This means believing that if you own up to your mistakes, people will trust you

[@tjnicholas]

We see this in software service incident response too. Most incidents don’t need highly structured command and control, they need collaboration and coordination support. But when diagnosis is really hard and extends over a long period of time, when plausible hypotheses to investigate are few and far between, then a much more structured command and control approach becomes valuable. Specifying specific people to do specific tasks with specific reporting/synchronisation schedules etc. It’s important we recognise these distinctions so we don’t force responses to diverse situations into a single, often inappropriate, structure. Having the ability to adapt when a situation turns out to be different from the norm does require capacity - and as Simon described, trust is one of those capacities that needs to be there (before is it needed) to enable that effective adaptation.

[@izam5237]

I think I get it. I’m not in software, but man that was hard to understand

[@johnnywlittle]

❤Simon

[@heshamsharaf3053]

Clear

[@elviratukaeva5650]

Taken from Leaders eat last by Mr Sinek 😄

[@EmperorsNewWardrobe]

2:58 "...and they will follow those orders blindly" Besides strong teams who on noble missions, I wonder how many atrocities has been the result of this thinking

[@n.edwinwesley7113]

What if no one wants to take the leadership role in a chaotic situation in whom the trust has already been built? Can anyone from the team seize the opportunity and lead the team through?

[@skjoldgames]

I think in those cases you see a lot of people "go rouge" and neither lead, nor follow. Instead they conduct every decision based on personal gain and survival.

[@Javoflaca1]

In cases like that, effective Leadership would have already prepared others to be better and ready to step up and fill in. As a result of the presence of good leaders, the followers will shine where and when the leader is absent!

[@mj8495]

Yes, it is called shared leadership and it can happen organically when there is trust, competence and shared purpose on a team.

[@chadhill6573]

Min that situation you have a natural leader who everyone is already looking to as a leader. If a manager makes the wrong person the leader the people will follow who they consider the leader.

[@PhantomRaspberryBlower]

It sounds like Simon Sinek has finally come across Cynefin

[@RulesofNature_Maths]

Subject : No incentive for team work to students in education system We need admission or college exam to be given in teams so teamwork has value in students mind. otherwise they don't have incentive to work in team. We need to give incentive to students to work in team. because in early age if they don't learn team work and they don't have incentive to do team work , then you will have depressed and selfish future generation. Youth overestimate their talent and underestimate the importance of team work and trust building, and trust did not build in short time. So practice of trust building is needed for a better future of young generation.

[@vincentpoole7588]

S/S. Late is four letter word - avoid ! You've missed the point which is the majority aren't in the Marines sir ? V.

[@EricDavis-iw7hj]

The reason why a million people have died from covid is from a lack of leadership and awareness of how to handle it. Vaccines help but what helps is Getting people healthy and smart. Economy has been hurt because of arrogance not covid. Simon is taking about business but this applies to everything.

[@angeliqueopoue7263]

C’EST LES RÉSEAUX SOCIAUX QUE J’ÉPOUSE OU C’EST AVEC TOI QUE JE ME MARI ?

[@amitdahal1698]

# 🤝 # 👁 =❤

[@FreedomFinanceFun]

If only government had the trust the Marines do

[@mietonen]

' .. 🥰🥰

[@follystone]

Interesting, the real learning point from the anecdote seems to have been missed. “We had another soldier who fell asleep, he admitted it and we punished him … “ that was the failure of leadership right there. When the officer punished someone who made a mistake & owned up, he broke the chain of trust. If, in the services or in business, you create a blame culture, then the trust is gone forever. You can’t have both. The 2nd soldier who fell asleep & denied it, was only behaving in a manner that was consistent with the culture the commander had created.

[@deadassfunny3553]

Thats just common sense.. Let me teach you guys another thing.. To make a sandwich, you need something for the middle first.. You can't see, but I have a headset on, so what I am writing MUST be true.. so pay me for it.