Leading is Trusting Others
Trust others, says Simon King, Chief People Officer at Daiichi Sankyo, and 30-year biopharma leadership veteran. Trusting others do their best will help them to grow and give their best. This requires letting go of control. Trusting others starts with trusting yourself first. No, not that you are perfect. You trust that you will do your best. How do you do your best? Remind yourself of your intentions. What is it that you stand for no matter what? How can you bring that into the next situation? Also take it one day at a time. What is one thing you can do today? When setbacks happen, take accountability, and make sure you keep having your team’s back. This doesn’t mean you don’t give tough feedback if needed. You need to. And at the same time, you keep building trust by taking responsibility as a leader for what happened, and not falling into the traps of shaming and blaming. No one does their best work when they are criticized and made wrong in a large group. Extending trust gives people the courage to give their best and take responsible risks, without being afraid to make mistakes. No one is perfect yet you extend trust to everyone you work with.
