Successful teamwork is built on a foundation of
trust. Each member of the team must establish trust, cultivate trust through
his/actions actions and words, and work to maintain it. Each member also needs
to be able to trust his team members to make a commitment to the team and its
goals, aspirations; work competently with those goals in mind, and communicate
consistently about any issues that affect the team.
An organization without trust will be full of
backstabbing, fear and paranoid suspicion. Companies keep voluminous records
because they don’t trust their suppliers, their contractors and their
customers. Probably more than half of all administrative work is only there
because of a pervasive sense that “you can’t trust anyone these days.” If even
a small part of such valueless work could be removed, the savings would run
into millions of dollars.
I’m constantly amazed when people claim to be
overworked and under constant pressure, yet fail to do the one thing most
likely to ease their burdens: trust other
people more. They don’t delegate, because they don’t trust people to do
what they’ve been asked to do; so they have to take on every significant task
themselves.
Someone has to begin the cycle of trust by an act
of faith. It’s no use waiting for the other person to make the first move.
They’re waiting for you. It takes a conscious act of unconditional belief in
that other person’s good sense, ability, honesty or sense of commitment to set
the ball rolling. Will your trust sometimes be misplaced? Of course. Life isn’t perfect and some people aren’t trustworthy.
But will increasing your willingness to trust produce, on balance, a positive
benefit? Will it make your life more pleasant and less stressful? I believe so.
You have little to lose by trying.
Trust has to start somewhere.
Why not with you?
Why not today?
Why not right now?
Come to think of it….. It begins with you….
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