How often have you heard someone say \u201c… he\u2019s all talk and no action \u2026\u201d or \u201c \u2026 talk is cheap, money buys whiskey \u2026\u201d? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trust<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Would you trust that person to follow through on what they say they are going to do? Whatever the nature of the organisation – business, social club, sports team – trust is the glue that binds leaders and their followers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you aspire to lead your family a good starting point is to look deep within yourself and take stock of the qualities you\u2019ll need if you are to establish a mutual bond of trust between yourself as a leader and your family members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Without trust, there is no leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dependability<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Of the many behaviours and qualities, great leaders exhibit, key to building trust is the quality of dependability<\/em>. Can those around you rely upon you to do what you said you would do, at the time you said you would do it, and of the required quality? <\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s about walking the talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Following through matters in a world where so many things are competing for our time – phone calls, SMS messages, emails, instant messaging, and social media to name but a few. All demand our immediate attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your reputation as a leader relies on following through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Say-Do Ratio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A popular measure of your dependability is the Say-Do Ratio. A perfect score is 1. You have done everything you said you would do. A score higher than 1 says you\u2019ve not done everything you said you would do. For example, you may have promised to deliver on a number of projects by the next family meeting, say five projects in total. Yet your report back at the family meeting shows only two projects have been completed. A say-Do Ratio of 2.5. Confidence in your leadership will be eroded quickly if your score remains elevated well above 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Paying attention to your Say-Do Ratio requires that you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Being dependable requires self-disciple. Ask yourself the following questions and assess your dependability:<\/p>\n\n\n\n How dependable are you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo attribution Tembinkosi Sikupela<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How often have you heard someone say \u201c… he\u2019s all talk and no action \u2026\u201d or \u201c \u2026 talk is cheap, money buys whiskey \u2026\u201d? Trust Would you trust that person to follow through on what they say they are going to do? Whatever the nature of the organisation – business, social club, sports team…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leadership"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t