Business success begins with trust.
Trust is the basis for all that we do as leaders and as organizations. Employees who trust their employers are more productive and creative. Businesses that earn their customers' trust maintain better relationships and reap better results. Meanwhile, breaches of trust between companies and the public are becoming more frequent—and more costly.
If you read nothing else on trust, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you build, maintain, and repair trust, both as a leader and as a company.
This book will inspire you to:
- Develop trust through competence, legitimacy, and impact
- Understand the neuroscience of trust
- Follow through on your commitments to stakeholders
- Negotiate better with an untrustworthy counterpart
- See your company through the eyes of your customers
- Rebuild relationships after a breakdown of trust
This collection of articles includes "Begin with Trust," by Frances X. Frei and Anne Morriss; "The Neuroscience of Trust," by Paul J. Zak; "Dig, Bridge, Collectively Act," by Tina Opie and Beth A. Livingston; "Rethinking Trust," by Roderick M. Kramer; "How to Negotiate with a Liar," by Leslie K. John; "The Enemies of Trust," by Robert M. Galford and Anne Seibold Drapeau; "Don't Let Cynicism Undermine Your Workplace," by Jamil Zaki; "The Trust Crisis," by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta; "Customer Data: Designing for Transparency and Trust," by Timothy Morey, Theodore "Theo" Forbath, and Allison Schoop; "Operational Transparency," by Ryan W. Buell; and "The Organizational Apology," by Maurice E. Schweitzer, Alison Wood Brooks, and Adam D. Galinsky.
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A collection of 10 of the most definitive articles from the pages of Harvard Business Review on building and maintaining trust as a leader and as an organization.
- Curates the best and most influential HBR articles on trust and trusting relationships.
- Covers topics such as building and repairing trust, trust in the age of stakeholder capitalism, trust in negotiations, trust with customers, and trust with employees.
- Includes recognizable authors, including Frances Frei, Anne Morriss, Hubert Joly, and Deepak Malhotra.
- Saves readers the time they'd spend searching our archive for important, relevant pieces on the topic, giving them what they need all in one place.
Audience: Leaders and managers of all levels.