Trust is an experienced based decision. It's widely recognised that trust is the most important ingredient within high performing teams. That's not new information, but consider what it actually takes to develop and maintain trust.
If we all went about our work actively building 'trust accounts' with each other, what would improve with our various interactions? What might we have to re-visit and repair to build trust? How might communicating from solid ground accelerate progress?
Trust comes with time, truth telling, honest feedback, apologies, sharing, delivering, and above all else, being there for each other. It's a dynamic and ongoing commitment that benefits from some help and encouragement.
Confidence is often the missing and most important factor in executive development.
While knowledge building is important, it is meaningless in an organisation context, without application. If leaders don't lean in, nothing changes.
We need to get a lot more focused on knowledge translating into doing (the know do gap). That's where coaching can make a positive impact.
Leaders are paid to make things happen, often through people. Increasingly what I am most interested in is helping leaders figure out is:
What they need to do
What conversations are required to do it
How to have those conversations
Helping them lean in
Measuring positive shifts in trust between leaders and their confidence to lean into high value conversations, are very useful and useable metrics. At the very least, a focus on these two factors would lead to better experiences and better results.
What difference might that make in your organisation?
Matt helps leaders and teams develop their mindset and resourcefulness so they can relate productively, communicate effectively, and navigate challenge, change and complexity with confidence.
Through coaching and training, he empowers leaders with better choices and more options for progress - building better leadership from the inside out.
Curious what that could look like for you or your organisation? Let’s talk.