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BEING CANDID AND SHOWING YOU CARE IS A BALANCING ACT FOR LEADERS

BEING CANDID AND SHOWING YOU CARE IS A BALANCING ACT FOR LEADERS

For a leader to earn employees' trust, they need to be direct and inspiring and show their vulnerability, says Sian Baldwin, CEO of Xoserve.

12th October 2017
There are three elements leaders need to build trust. They need to be candid, they need to be inspirational and they need to be authentic. I am no expert, but having interacted with some great leaders over the years, my guess is that each of us dials up one area more than another and this becomes our personal brand. For me, it is the importance of being candid, the theories of which are...
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