— To follow is a bullet of wisdom on leadership. It comes from Tom’s rifle, named Shot, who has seen it all. You’ll get the drift by clicking Blog in the menu at www.tomnewhouse.com. —
DID I SAY “GUYS”? I guess I did. To us rifles there are good guys and bad guys, and they come in either gender. And regardless of gender, if I didn’t like you, I didn’t trust you.
In that way, Shot is like most people: If they don’t like you, they don’t trust you. Oh, you may not want that, but it’s still true. Think of it from another perspective: Many people have been tricked by those they took a liking to, because they trusted, albeit errantly. Back to you: If you want to be trusted, you usually have to be liked. Well, you might get by with respect. But, for sure, you have to build positive relationships to garner trust.