| Have you ever noticed that no matter how | | | | so here are some things which can set you on |
| advanced you are in the skills of leadership | | | | track: |
| development that trust is the one thing which can | | | | - Know your limitations |
| make or break you as a leader? Just how | | | | Taking on more than you can handle at once or |
| important is trust? Well, you may have heard that | | | | trying to do everything yourself is no way to build |
| in leadership development is important to have a | | | | good leadership development. Not only that, |
| clear vision and to be able to communicate it to | | | | delegation is a demonstration of trust in others |
| others so that they can understand and follow it. | | | | and trusting others is a great way to inspire them |
| This is way too much work and it is not the true | | | | to trust you. |
| path to great leadership development. However, if | | | | - Cultivate your strengths |
| you are able to build a powerful enough sense of | | | | What you have to realize is that mediocrity is |
| trust in with those who you wish to lead they will | | | | only born out of imitation, and in trying to repair |
| follow you to whatever end, whether they | | | | weakness you are not using your true strengths. |
| understand or not. So how do you inspire trust? | | | | Your weaknesses are merely the things which |
| Well, in his fabulous book 'The Speed of Trust' | | | | you are not and so focusing on them is trying to |
| Steven MR Covey stated that there are two | | | | become something you are not. Focus on |
| dimensions: Character and competence. Mastering | | | | cultivating your strengths and build trust with your |
| these two pillars of trust is the golden key to | | | | team members by empowering them to fill in |
| becoming a great leader. You see, regardless of | | | | where you are weak. Being a leader means |
| how honest and loyal a person is they still must | | | | empowering others and yourself at the same |
| be able to product results in order to earn | | | | time and this is the best way to do it. |
| people's trust. This is the competence dimension | | | | - Know where you are going |
| of trust. Second it the character: no matter how | | | | People have a habit of making room for people |
| competent someone is in getting results if they | | | | who know where they are going and not only |
| don't demonstrate loyalty and respect to people | | | | that, they are a lot quicker to forgive them when |
| they are never going to inspire trust. | | | | they fail. Know where you are going and follow |
| So now that we have these two dimensions of | | | | after your goals with constant persistence and |
| trust established, you need to ask yourself which | | | | you will find that people follow you as a natural |
| one you are lacking in. For most people who are | | | | result. Work on these three principles of leadership |
| interested in leadership development, the | | | | development and you will be well on your way to |
| competence is the part which is never considered, | | | | building trust and to inspiring and leading others. |