How Leaders Can Tell if your Team Trusts You, Under Pressure

A title might say you’re in charge. A position might say people report to you. But neither one guarantees that anyone actually trusts you.

In this episode of Purpose Under Pressure, host Bryan Lefelhoc, founder of Bryan Media Strategies,takes a direct look at trust, one of the most important and most misunderstood parts of leadership. Not whether you think you’ve earned it, but whether your team actually gives it to you.

If you lead people, this is a chance to take an honest look in the mirror. Because trust is something that you earn. Trust is never something you are given.

Purpose Under Pressure is brought to you in partnership with Sandler by the Ruby Group, serving sales professionals and sales organizations nationwide from their locations in Akron and Columbus, Ohio, in Capital Region, New York, and in Jacksonville, Florida

Key Takeaways:

– If your team hides problems until they blow up, they don’t trust you

– Bad news travels fast on strong teams, and gets buried on weak ones

– If no one pushes back on your ideas, you’ve created fear, not alignment

– Respectful disagreement is proof your team believes you’ll listen

– If people only bring you polished work, they don’t trust you with the process

– If your team is quiet, guarded, or careful, they’re protecting themselves from you

– You don’t get trust because you think you’re trustworthy. You earn trust based on how you behave

– If trust is missing, you already know why, you just haven’t owned it yet

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Helpful Links:

Sandler by the Ruby Group: https://go.sandler.com/therubygroup/

Bryan Lefelhoc, Owner, Bryan Media Strategies: https://www.bryanmediastrategies.com/