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ERM Process: Relationship & Trust

Relationship and Trust produces the environment necessary for employees to declare and commit to breakthroughs. Unconditional Relationship and Trust translates to a safe environment for employees and one in which true commitment is hatched.

This dramatically increases the ability of leaders to successfully mine the I²P of the organization and in turn produces unprecedented Breakaway Innovations®.

Relationship and Trust lives within the background of each conversation, between each individual within the organization, and every member on the team. A leader cannot produce anything bigger than the foundation of Relationship and Trust within his/her organization.

Relationship and Trust shows up in the qualitative relationship elements of our conversations: mutual respect and understanding. It springs forth from the quality of our Conversational Dynamics. Inauthentic Conversations and Closed Conversations negatively impact Relationship and Trust, whereas Open Conversations and Authentic Conversations support the development of Relationship and Trust.

Relationship and Trust is the very foundation and the prerequisite for any breakthrough leading to a Breakaway Innovation®. It is the basic concept for producing extraordinary accomplishment and creating fulfillment in a work environment. Building Relationship and Trust becomes critically important to the extent that there is commitment to a compelling future. Fulfilling this commitment requires that people have extraordinary relationships and trust in one another in order to accomplish shared objectives.

Our ERM Process provides the tools for companies to develop competency in relationship and trust by building a framework for innovation in the following three areas. Click to learn more about how ERM can improve your competency in each area.

For more information on this topic, read our white paper “Relationship and Trust.”