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Trust is established through action and over time, and it is a leader's
responsibility to demonstrate what it means to keep your word and earn a
reputation for trustworthiness. Hank Paulson, CEO, Goldman Sachs.

The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way to make a
man trustworthy is to trust him. Henry Stimson, U.S. Statesman.

Exercise 4: A Leadership Organizational Trust Assessment that
helps you assess the level of trust in the organization is found at the
following site:
http://www.compassusa.biz/self_assessment_example/LeadersTrustAssessment.pdf.

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Exercise 5: A Feedback Activity on Trust

Instructions: This trust inventory allows you to examine your current
feelings toward other members of your organization. Completing this
inventory lets you examine unexpressed feelings of trust or distrust
within your organization and helps you clarify the reasons for those
feelings. It may also help you to increase your own feelings of trust
within the organization and promote greater self-disclosure and risk-
taking. Assessing these feelings can provide a basis for subsequent
assessment of your trust levels in any organization.

1. Complete all the following questions. You may want to share with
colleagues any of your answers after completing this inventory.
a. How did you feel as you joined this organization?
b. How do you feel about this organization and your place in it
right now?
c. Which person in this organization do you feel the most
positive about right now? Describe what makes you feel
good about that person.
d. Toward whom in this organization do you react most
negatively right now? Describe what that person does that
produces this negative feeling.

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