The Speed of Trust in Real Life with Dan White

Dan White is a firm believer that the single biggest accelerant, and the biggest tax, for leaders is trust.In this conversation with former UAF Chancellor Dr. Dan White, we dig into what trust really looks like in practice. Not as a lofty ideal, but as a daily discipline. Dan shares how self-trust becomes the foundation for every other level of trust, why leaders can’t talk their way out of situations they behaved their way into, and why deposits in the “Trust Bank” matter more than ever. We explore how motives get misunderstood, how empathy informs effective decisions, and why clarity about expectations is a powerful accelerant.Dan also shines a light on the role of engineering thinking in leadership, the power of dialogue agreements, and how music taught him to connect across differences. It’s a conversation about trust, humanity, courage, and the quiet work leaders do when nobody’s watching.My free PDF, “The 5 Secrets of Impossibly Effective Teams,” will show you the simple leadership moves that help teams unlock their full potential and deliver outsized results, without burning out. Grab your copy now at geoffwelch.com/secrets