In an article written by Christine Comaford in a recent Forbes magazine, titles: “63% of Employees Don’t Trust Their Leader— and What you can do to Change that.”
Here are her four emotional experiences that cause the lack of trust problems.
1.The sense of injustice.
2. Lack of Hope.
3. Lack of confidence.
4. The desire for change.
What is the root of this problem? Lack of Trust! If I don’t trust you, why should I follow you, listen to you, go that ‘extra mile” for you??
When employees don’t trust their leaders that lead to fearing him/her, then fear develops, morale takes a hit, employee engagement decreases work productivity declines, etc.
Seems to me that part of the answer to this dilemma lies in the values-based training of leaders. Values alignment is key to building trust which will, if consistent, overcome the emotional experiences mentioned in the article.
Keep in mind that emotions are only temporary, but decisions, perceptions, attitudes are fueled by emotions, but the consequences are not temporary and can affect the entire workplace. Why? Who has ever had training in controlling one’s emotions? Isn’t it also the lack of emotional control that causes most the problems?
Aligning values, which takes some work,can work wonders in the workplace and defuse an emotionally charged situation. The key question is, is your leadership development programming values-based? If not, you might want to re-think this, especially based on Christine’s research.

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Like you, business ethics and ethical leadership expert, Frank Bucaro has seen the challenges and problems of corporate leadership, particularly over the past few years in regards to poor decision-making, SEC violations, and record breaking financial settlements in a number of different industries.
With over two decades of executive training, speaking, writing and with real life experiences, his view and approach to ethics in the workplace is uniquely different. He emphasizes that ethics is a moment-to-moment choice and has little to do with position, titles, personalities or education. Ethics is everybody’s responsibility from the top down.
His goal is to help organizations to:
a. Strengthen their ethics training initiatives in order to significantly decrease the odds of an ethical/compliance violation.
b. Energize, train and motivate employees to understand the value of consistent “high road” behavior as a business advantage.
c. Support individuals and thereby the organization by contributing to its success by quality, ongoing values based leadership development.
Frank is known for his very practical, slightly irreverent, yet somewhat humorous approach to ethics and leadership development. His conversational style and real life stories connect with his audience in a personal, intense and practical level.
Companies such as Bayer Healthcare, BP, ReMax International, EnMax Energy, Danone, etc. have partnered with Frank when they want to proactively stress the message, tools, insights and practical applications that good ethics IS good for business!