Can you have inter-organizational trust without communication? No. You can have an exchange of information without trust but you cannot have trust without equal, respectful, reciprocal communication. Cynthia Hardy, Nelson Phillips & Tom Lawrence explored the role of trust in communication and the role of communication in trust. They described trust “as a process ofContinue reading “Using communications to build trust – Part C of Week 7 in Twelve Weeks to Trust”
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Ethics: Goodwill at the Heart of Trust – Week 5 of Twelve Weeks to Trust
Ethics lies at the very heart of trust within your organization and with your stakeholders. So why are its fundamental concepts missing from strategy, marketing and economics literature? It’s like a circulatory system without a heart! We saw in Week 2 that benevolence/goodwill is a key element to trust. It’s what makes trust a leapContinue reading “Ethics: Goodwill at the Heart of Trust – Week 5 of Twelve Weeks to Trust”
15 Facts about Trust: Definition, Types and Perspectives – Week 2 of Twelve Weeks to Trust
When I told a professor I wanted to study inter-organizational trust he gasped a bit and rolled his eyes. Now I know why. While we glibly talk about trust, the subject is incredibly complex. Look for photos of “trust” and you’ll find a lot of handshakes, rock climbing and people throwing babies in the air.Continue reading “15 Facts about Trust: Definition, Types and Perspectives – Week 2 of Twelve Weeks to Trust”
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