Why Leaders Lose Trust Without Realizing It – Kim Bohr on The Leader’s Mindset Podcast

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What if the biggest threat to your organization isn’t AI, market volatility, or restructuring—but a silent breakdown of trust you don’t even see?In this episode of The Leader’s Mindset, host Jason LeDuc sits down with Kim Bohr, President & CEO of Spark Effect, to unpack what today’s leaders are missing about trust, disruption, and sustainable performance.Kim leads human-centered leadership work with boards, CEOs, and executive teams—and the data she shares in this conversation should be a wake-up call for every executive, HR leader, and people manager.We explore:• Why CEO evaluations based only on KPIs are dangerously incomplete• How boards and executives misread performance while trust quietly erodes• What Kim’s organizational trust research reveals about retention, reputation, and revenue• Why local leaders (not the C-suite) carry the greatest trust risk during disruption• The real reason AI isn’t the biggest trust-breaker—poor leadership response is• How leaders accidentally destroy trust through silence, misalignment, and lack of transparency• Practical ways to operationalize trust instead of treating it as a “soft” conceptOne of the most powerful insights from this conversation:Disruption doesn’t destroy trust—how leaders handle disruption does.Whether you’re a CEO, executive, HR professional, or founder navigating AI adoption, return-to-office mandates, restructuring, or rapid growth, this episode will change how you think about leadership inputs—not just outcomes.💬 Join the ConversationWhat’s the biggest trust challenge you’re seeing inside your organization right now—AI, communication, leadership turnover, or something else? Drop a comment below and let’s talk about it.Onward and Upward! 🚀✅ If you got value from this episode, do these 3 things:1) Like this video – It helps more people find these insights.2) Subscribe – New leadership content every week!3) Share this episode with a leader who needs to hear this!📌 Exclusive Leadership ProgramsWant to take your leadership development to the next level?📖 Take charge of your own leadership development with our online program: https://www.leducleadership.com/bethebossprogramIf you’re a Human Resources or Learning and Development professional and have a bunch of leaders you’d like to get trained, check out our corporate Leadership Academy for Tech Managers program: https://www.leducleadership.com/leadershipacademy📅 Ready to elevate your leadership skills? Book a discovery call: https://link.marketingmoneymachine.co/widget/bookings/training-discoveryLet’s create the leaders your team deserves.How to reach Kim:Special listener landing page link: Sparkeffect.com/lmSparkEffect Website Homepage: https://sparkeffect.com/Courage to Advance Podcast: https://sparkeffect.com/sparkeffect-podcast-courage-to-advance/Courage to Advance Podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sparkeffect-usLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimbohr/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sparkeffect_/How to reach Jason LeDuc:Email: [email protected]: https://www.leducleadership.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-leduc-3469823/

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