Growing up in Batesville, MS, I wish I had a dime for every time Mom told Mike and me no fighting in this house. We loved each other and still do, but we constantly fought as youngsters. We are 3.5...
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Our Perception Drives Our Level of Trust
Teams and companies can only achieve high performance and move with the necessary speed to succeed today with high levels of trust. Trust really is the oil that keeps the engine from overheating as...
Trust Is Not Earned—It Has to Be Given
During a recent conversation, someone said to me, “Just trust me.” My ears perked up immediately because my personal experience has been that “just trust me” individuals have turned out to be some...
Are We Taking Our Clients’ Trust for Granted?
On a recent family vacation to Perdido Key, Florida, we had dinner at Fisherman’s Corner—a hole in the wall restaurant that prepares every dish from scratch and has become our family’s favorite when...
High-Trust Relationships Start With Intentional Communication
This blog is the seventh in the series, My Top 10 Blunders and How You Can Avoid Them. Sadly, as I progressed in my career, I developed a trust problem with my peers. Worse, my self-awareness around...
Hold On!
My grandson, Davis, and I were playing in the pool recently when we started a game that involved standing up on a float. My job was to hold on to the float while he tried to stand up. At first he...