January 2007

7-Ups for 2007 Success

• Wake Up. Decide to have a good day, every day! The decision of the attitude you face the world with is yours and yours alone.
• Show Up. To make a positive impact, you have to be ready to contribute and have a solid direction.
• Make Up. Are there relationships in your life in need of some mending? Remember, we get results with and through people. If you’re not getting the results you want in life, take a look at the quality of your relationships.
• Build Up. Make a commitment to build up others on a daily basis. There is no treading water in today’s world, you’re either building up or your tearing down. Be it within the workplace or your home, determine now to build a high trust culture this year (check out the 13 Behaviors Of High Trust Leaders in the adjacent column).
• Shut Up. I believe the good Lord gave us two ears and one mouth for a very good reason, we should be listening twice as much as we are speaking to clients, fellow team members, spouses, etc. When you’re the one doing all of the talking you learn nothing. Hush, learn to listen, and you’ll garner a better understanding of the world around you.
• Stand Up. for what you believe in. The adage goes, you better stand up for something or you’re likely to fall for anything.
• Reach Up. What’s a big hairy bodacious goal you’d like to achieve this year? It’s just as easy to shoot the feathers off of an eagle as the fur off a skunk. What would you like to reach for in 2007?

13 Behaviors of High Trust Leaders

In a 2006 presentation to the American Society for Training & Development, Stephen Covey presented the ‘13 Behaviors of High Trust Leaders’. At the onset Mr. Covey shared, “The ability to establish, grow, extend, and restore trust with all stakeholders – customers, suppliers, investors and co-workers – is the key leadership competency of the new, global economy.”
The thirteen behaviors represent both character- and competence-based behaviors.

How do you rate on the following 13 behaviors of high trust leaders?

BEHAVIOR
Weak ------------------------Strong
Talk Straight

Demonstrate Respect

Create Transparency

Right Wrongs

Show Loyalty

Deliver Results

Get Better

Confront Reality

Clarify Expectations

Practice Accountability

Listen First

Keep Commitments

Extend Trust

Now, based on your self-assessment,

how much trust do you believe others have in you?

Level of Trust

Low -------------------------High

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“Our distrust is very expensive.”
--Ralph Waldo Emerson