Craffies Coaching

The past week I had the privilege to be part of an Emotional intelligence workshop where we explored our own Emotional intelligence and then explored the teams emotional intelligence. As we started to have the crucial conversations on what stood in the way of the team to operate as a High Performance team, the critical stumbling block where Trust.

Personally I believe Trust starts with personal trustworthiness. The next question we can then most probably ask is how can I be trustworthy. Ken Blanchard shared the following ABCD formula to be trustworthy:

Where the A stands for being ABLE, being competent in what we do.

The B represent the ability that other can BELIEVE us, so standing for what we say and also living for what we stand for.

The C represent that we CONNECT with our tribe, our team and our people in a manner where we really care for them. I would say to be a servant leader, to be a source of energy for our people.

Lastly the D stands for being DEPENDABLE.

Looking at the ABCD of trust it sound so easy, so simple, so much commonsense! However is commonsense, common practice in our interaction and our relationships every day?

“A warrior of light always keeps his heart free of any feelings of hatred. When he goes into battle, he remembers what Christ said: ‘Love your enemies.’ And he obeys. But he knows that the act of forgiveness does not mean that he must accept everything; a warrior cannot bow his head, for if he did he would lose sight of the horizon of his dreams. He accepts that his opponents are there to test his valour, his persistence, his ability to make decisions. They force him to fight for his dreams. It is the experience of battle that strengthens the warrior of light.” From Paulo Coelho’s Manual of the Warrior of Light