The Personal Credibility Factor: How to Get It, Keep It, and Get It Back, (If You’ve Lost It)

Chapter Twelve. Credibility: I’ve Lost It—Can I Rebuild It?

Perhaps one or more chapters of this book have left you thinking, “I have really blown my personal credibility factor, but what can I do about it now?”

The reality is this: You can rebuild credibility, and if done in a sincere and effective manner, you can even become more credible as a result of blowing it!

Many of us are familiar with customer service situations that were seriously blown by someone, but the way in which the problem was corrected caused us to think even more positively about the experience than we might have if the problem had not occurred in the first place.

Take, for instance, the example of “Elizabeth.” Elizabeth is a trainer and speaker who travels for her clients around ...