62. Do You Know How to Build Trust as a Leader? Find Out Why It Is Essential!

This week has given me several really important reminders about what is truly the cornerstone of effective and successful leadership. I wanted to pop in and share a little bit about that with you and give you some tips, and full on Truth with a capital T!     Building trust is hands down, 100% the cornerstone of effective leadership. Before you can hope to accomplish any of the goals you have for your team or your business, it is essential that you first prioritize building relationship and trust.   Being a leader is very different than being a boss. If your sole mission is to accomplish your agenda and control the team, and just be the boss of your department or business, I'm going to lay a bet that you are not going to have a very engaged team.   If you struggle with humility; if you have an intense need to be right or appear as if you don't make mistakes; if you try to suggest that every decision you make is the right one, you are absolutely going to erode the trust and respect of your team members.   It's really hard to be a leader, and it is really difficult to show humility.  But here’s the truth, a good leader needs to be ready to eat some crow sometimes. There are plenty of times in my leadership journey where I've had to do that or I should have done that. And if I had or when I did it actually built trust and respect with my team members. They need to know that you make mistakes, that you don’t have all of the answers, but you are committed to growing and learning what it means to lead them well.  Your team is essential to your success.  Your success is their success.     Tune in to hear more about the importance of trust in successful leadership. I hope this episode blesses you!     Xoxo, Tanya     GFL Resources:  More Time Method Strategy Session Christian Life Coaching with Tanya Leave a Message for Tanya Freebies: 7 Day Gratitude Journal                   Time Audit Tool   Email: [email protected] Community: Christian Women in Leadership Community   If you enjoyed today’s episode, the best way you can thank me is to leave a 5-star rating and a written review on apple podcast.  This is the best way for other listeners to find the show and for me to know how best to serve you with the content you enjoy.   Click on “written review” link above, scroll all the way to the bottom, and click on the little purple link that says “Write a Review”.