A Matter of Trust

CBC recently commissioned an Environics poll on trust. Thirty-six per cent of those asked said they had little or no confidence in business leaders ”“ a drop of two percentage points from a year earlier. When it comes to religious leaders, 40 per cent said they had little or no confidence.

I attended a meeting last night where a few people elected to express their lack of confidence in their leadership.

My lesson learned from that meeting was that communication is vital to the success of any leadership initiative. And that some people, regardless of the strength and capabilities of their leadership, will simply not get on board.

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