ACCELERATOR #4
Trusting YourTeam Members
Trust may be the most important Accelerator in this book, and the most difficult one to achieve and maintain. It’s also one of the easiest to break, because as we all know, once someone betrays your trust it’s hard to rebuild it. Especially difficult is avoiding blind trust, the “because I said so” type that should always be questioned, even if it’s “Because I’m the boss and I said so.”
Trust isn’t something easily given, nor should it be. However, in a healthy team environment, I believe it should be assumed. If someone promises to meet a certain deadline, there’s no reason to think otherwise. If later you are proven wrong, you may have to send reminders. You should trust your team members implicitly, ...
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