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Hooray – It’s Spring!
Yes it’s the season! What does spring mean to you? Spring is a great time to start new projects and chances are you will be excited to get started.

Follow the 3 Cs to achieve long term goals
I tell my clients all the time how much I admire what they are doing and the risks they are willing to take. They are all seeking something specific in the process of working with a life coach and very few realize the transformation that is ahead for them. We all go through life overcoming obstacles and hurdles along the way. The key however to surpassing these hurdles and making life changes for good lies in the three C's; commitment, consistency and courage.

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Ten Ways to Build Client Trust
Clients work with professionals whom they trust. Building trust is an ongoing process. Here are 10 ways to build trust with both old and new clients.

The TRUST Selling Process
The better prepared you are, the greater the chance for success. Preparation compensates for a lack of talent! The R is for “Relate,” which is building trust and rapport with the prospect. The focus in this step is on the prospect, not on you. This step is a continuous process. You should relate to the prospect through the entire process. You are continually establishing, building and maintaining trust and rapport.

The Strategic Importance of Trust In Business, According To Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
In the world of business today, trust is more important than ever, especially when it comes to your relationships with your clients, customers, employees, and all stakeholders in your business. But what do we mean by “trust.” Webster’s dictionary defines trust as the “assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something.” Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach believes that trust is right at the foundation of the survival and success of any business. Without trust there can be no sustainable business. Trust is a strategically critical issue in any type of relationship because a relationship without trust is not really a relationship at all. There are several levels of trust and I have chosen five (5) to present in this article.?
Trust: Where Is It Lacking In Your Relationships?
What does it take to be trusted? Ask 100 people and you'll get 100 answers. The reason is that the concept of trust is complex; and whilst we are often clear about whom we trust (and don't trust), we're often much less clear about why. Are you ready to learn about three very critical elements of trust? Learn how to foster trust in your own relationships.
A Matter of Trust
Trust is the basis for all successful leaders and all successful relationships for that matter. You cannot buy trust, but it is free. Trust is priceless yet can be earned over time. Have you ever tried to request someone’s trust? Maybe it was a team member, customer or a colleague. You may have wanted a decision to be made in your favor. To overcome some initial disagreement and expedite the decision making process, you might resort to “Hey, just trust me!” That statement is worthless. Either the other party already trusted you based on your past actions or they did not trust you and your request won’t change that. Trust is not spoken, it is demonstrated. Trust cannot be requested, it must be earned.

Reinforce Candor to Build Trust: Transparency
Trust is the key ingredient missing in most organizations, particularly in these draconian times. The ability to build trust is most impacted by a leader’s habit of reinforcing candor – which means making people glad when they bring up inconsistencies in the leader’s actions. Most leaders punish people for surfacing difficult issues. In the process they extinguish trust and transparency, which further cripples worker motivation. Learn how to change your behaviors to allow consistent trust building interfaces with people.

Ten Hallmarks of a High Trust Organization
We tend to think of trust in one dimension, but there are several different ways trust plays out in organizations. My favorite definition of trust is that when I trust someone, it means I believe he or she will always do what is thought to be in my best interest (even if I do not particularly appreciate it at the time). We can contrast some dimensions of trust by considering what it is like to work in an organization with high trust versus one with low trust on several dimensions

Trust-Paced Marketing and Sales.
The pace of progress for marketing and sales activities cannot exceed the pace of establishing an acceptable level of mutual Trust. In converting prospects to customers, a consistent contributor to the erosion of Trust is the lack of congruence between marketing and sales activities and perceived attitudes. The role of Trust-Paced Marketing is to build a reputation or a brand that inspires Trust within your target marketplace. Trust-Paced Selling is not intended to replace the activities or steps nominated within the organisation's current Sales Process, but to pervade and penetrate the existing Sales Process and to act as a set of guiding principles and a measuring stick for all future evaluation and proposed amendments. Trust-Paced Selling is not a sales tactic, it demands authentic commitment to its principles
Annual Trust Barometer -- the lessons for Australian business.
Every year the world's largest PR firm conducts a significant study of trust and credibility. The 2009 Edelman Trust Barometer for the first time includes Australia. 74% of Australians surveyed trust companies less than a year ago -- 4th highest of 20 countries and above the global response of 62%. Only 39% of Australians trust companies to do what is right; much less than in all of our trading partners. Global response was 49%. 53% of Australians trust government to do what is right, well above their trust of Australian business, and the global figure of 44%. "This year's Trust Barometer leaves no doubt there are tangible consequences for businesses that gain -- or lack -- the trust of their stakeholders. Trust influences consumer spending, corporate reputation, and a company's ability to navigate regulatory environment."
Degrees of Trust
Trust is an interesting word. We tend to think of it as a singular concept, like how much do I trust my boss at the moment. I believe there are numerous different types of trust in our lives, and in any trust situation, there are infinite levels of trust. That complexity is one of the reasons why high trust is hard to find in many organizations.

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