Good Morning,
There are many factors in leadership which are important. Having direction of where the team is going, knowing how to inspire the team members to accept the goal as their own and to work toward that goal are all imperative for success. The leader has to care about the team members and nurture them and help them grow. Ultimately, leaders are there to create future leaders through training, experience, guidance and growth. While teams can and do exist without these facets and factors, their success is reduced without them.
The lynchpin in all of this is trust.
Without trust, there is no real team. A group of people will not fully follow someone they do not trust. A leader will not inspire or nurture someone as effectively if they do not trust them. Would you follow a guide/leader into an unknown path where you have a vague idea of the goal, but cannot see it if you do not trust them? As a leader, would you take a team of people you knew who were not physically fit through a military obstacle course?
Trust takes a long time to build up and only a few seconds to destroy. The build up of trust a second time takes even longer.
To build trust, we can start by simply giving our team trust that they can do a job, and give them all opportunities to succeed. Let them do their job and trust in them to succeed or call us for help.
When we continually infuse trust into our team, trusting them to be who they are and to do their job and to help, nurture and inspire them, the magic of the team comes alive.
That magic can also vanish in a heartbeat with single act of distrust. Some leaders have thrown their teams under the bus to save their own hide when addressing deficits in team activity. As a Captain goes down with their ship, the Leader goes down with the team. A leader who abandons their team to save themselves does not trust their team, and will lose the trust of their team members.
In this example above, a leader should stand up for their team, and share with management all of the gains made and the plans to improve further. If management agrees, then all is good, the team can continue. If management does not agree, then the leader has not lost the trust of their team because they stood up for them.
Trust is the glue that holds a team together. If you cannot trust your teammates, then you have doubts about them, and the doubts can impact your work and that of the teams.
Don’t trust blindly, but look for ways you can trust, and start with the small things and work you way up.
Trust starts when people do what they say they will do. Build on that.
Enjoy!
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