Weekly Round-Up: Advice for Building Trust, 8 Tips for Leveraging Your Relationships, 6 Trends Impacting Leadership, How to Create & Innovate

Welcome to my weekly round-up of the best-of-the-best recent leadership and communication blog posts. 

This Week's Round-Up of Leadership and Communication Blogs:

• Do People Trust You? Advice for Building Trust and Inspiring Confidence by John R. Stoker (@JohnRStoker via @SmartBrief), SmartBrief. Get 9 tips to help you assess your trustworthiness and to increase the confidence people have in you.

“No matter where the trust in any relationship begins, what we know for sure is that it doesn’t take much negative behavior to diminish the trust that people have in you. Here are a few tips to help you assess your trustworthiness and to increase the confidence people have in you...” Read more >>

• 8 Tips for Building, Maintaining, and Leveraging Your Professional Relationships by Sachin Waikar via Insights for Standford Business (@StanfordGSB). Best practices and perspectives for building and leveraging your network of relationships for your benefit and that of others.

“'One of the biggest mistakes people make is to bifurcate their personal and professional relationships,' she continues. 'Our relationships are our relationships. They actually help us live longer, so they’re important not just to our careers but to our health.'...” Read more >> 

• 6 Trends Impacting the Future of Leadership by Jacob Morgan (@jacobm via @PoppuloSays), Poppulo. Jacob asked over 140 CEOs around the world about trends they see facing future leaders. This is what they said.

“I received a variety of responses, but the most common answer was the idea that although the world and channels may change, core leadership principles stay the same. Those core values may be constant, but the world is changing at a rapid pace. Leadership doesn’t happen in a vacuum...” Read more >>

• How to Create in a Flash and Create Breakthrough Innovation by Skip Prichard (@SkipPrichard). Take these steps to develop your creativity and innovation.

“Since innovative thinking is not something that can be mandated or delegated, leaders must first develop their own creative ability before leading their organizations to create breakthroughs…” Read more >>

• The Best Ways to Show Care To The People On Your Team by Lolly Daskal (@LollyDaskal). Get 8 proven ways to show your employees and team you care.

“Studies confirm what common sense tells us: people who are feel cared for at work are more engaged and effective. They’re happier, more positive and productive, and less likely to leave. Caring for the people who report to you doesn’t just make you a better boss—it has a positive effect on your entire organization, including the bottom line...” Read more >>

What were some of the top leadership and communication articles you read this week?

—David Grossman

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