How to Accelerate Trust on LinkedIn
Buddy Hodges, AI
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To take trust for granted or to ignore its impact on your performance would be a big mistake! In his insightful book, ?????? ?????????? ???? ??????????, Stephen M. R. Covey explains why "?????????? ???? ?????? ?????? leadership competency." He documents high correlations between a culture of trust and productivity, loyalty, and profit.
Trust is essential for synergistic teamwork, collaboration, joint ventures, and strategic alliances. Of course, trust in a salesperson or a brand is ?????????????????? ?????? ??????????. Fill in the blank: "People prefer to do business with people they know, like, and _____" ??
Trust is multi-faceted. It includes all or some of the following components: ??????????????????, ????????????????????, ??????????????????????, ????????????????????, ?????? ??????????????????????????. Like generosity, trust is reciprocal. You get more by giving more.
Some factors require time, because your ???????????????????? for honesty and doing what you say you are going to do is based on past performance. However, there are ways to accelerate trust.
Humans can instinctively perceive true authenticity, empathy, and sincere caring. They don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. Paradoxically, what should be the easiest trust-producing behavior, simply being authentically transparent, seems to be the hardest, because it makes us feel vulnerable.
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Your "Featured" section is a great place to showcase your expertise and/or credibility. You can post pdf documents or images of awards or events. If you post videos of your training or interviews you have had on podcasts, you will take advantage of "non-verbal" communication (voice and body language). People will sense your sincerity.
What you say about your competence is, of course, important, but how you say it is equally impactful. The quality of your writing and the caring expressed in your ??????????????-?????????????? ???????????????? can inspire confidence. The authenticity of your About section communicates your sincerity.
Your Education and Experience sections indicate your competence, as do Endorsements in your Skills section. Recommendations "Received" give "social proof" of your character and competence. Recommendations "Given" show your attitudes and values.
People infer your character from your Volunteer Work section.
The "content" you post can establish your "personal brand" as an authority. It can also inspire confidence in you as a person.
Meaningful comments on others' posts say a lot about your knowledge and your way of thinking. They are read not only by the author of the post but also by Followers of the author -- expanding your reach. Engaging in meaningful conversations by direct Messages can build trust and well as friendship.
Even if your content does not directly showcase your expertise, mere familiarity with your name, face, and headline increase confidence in you. Psychologically, ???????????? ???????? ???? ?????????? ???????? ????????'???? ???????????????? ????????. This is why politicians post their names on signs. Showing up in many places will boost trust in your personal brand.
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1 年"To take trust for granted or to ignore its impact on your performance would be a big mistake!" - huge mistake it is! Without trust, there can be no progress, no innovation, and no meaningful relationships. In the words of Seth Godin, trust is the "glue that holds communities and organizations together." It creates a foundation of reliability, predictability, and stability, which enables individuals and organizations to take risks and pursue new opportunities. Trust is what allows people to rely on one another, even in the face of uncertainty, and it is what allows RELATIONSHIPS to GROW and FLOURISH. In today's fast-paced and interconnected world, TRUST is more IMPORTANT than ever. Indeed, Buddy Hodges, Connector, TRUST is TRULY INVALUABLE. ??
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1 年Buddy, thanks for the suggestion of upgrading my profile banner. Check it out!!
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1 年Yes, so true, many good points that are sometimes easy to neglect when we're in the thick of our day.
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1 年We’ll said, Buddy. What do you think about adding a cover video to your photo to open communication and establish trust by being authentically you?
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1 年Trust is something that must be earned. So the question is how do you earn trust? I believe that it is a matter of time. The old adage of "time tested" may be key in earning that trust. No one trusts someone at first blush.