Mark Abbott

In this essay, I introduce a simple, math-based tool focusing on Character, Connections and Competency to help me assess the health of all of my relationships. It makes it almost easy to better evaluate the levels of trust within our relationships and talk about about what’s working and what’s not.

In this piece, we explore the complexity of culture as it relates to trust, and how every culture is made up of different, evolving “ingredients”. For leaders, getting the recipe right makes all the difference, especially when one considers how culture is built.

High-Trust Companies are built upon a small collection of well-developed Core Values and are influenced by a short list of norms, beliefs and principles that should stand the test of time. This essay explores their qualities, value and importance.

The strength of a company’s Connections-based Trust is built upon a foundation of hierarchies that are oftentimes poorly understood, let alone thought out. This is the first of a series of essays on hierarchies, including some of the most important hierarchies that exist within every organization.

The strength of a company’s Connections-based Trust is built upon a foundation of hierarchies that are oftentimes poorly understood, let alone thought out. This is the second of a series of essays on hierarchies, including some of the most important hierarchies that exist within every organization.