The Connection Between Employee Trust and Financial Performance

Your ability to build trust has a profound effect on business results because trust affects two measurable outcomes: speed and cost. When trust goes down (in a relationship, on a team, in an organization, or with a partner or customer), speed goes down and cost goes up. This is what Stephen calls a“low-trust tax.” The inverse is equally true: when trust goes up, cost goes down, and speed goes up resulting in a “high-trust dividend.” These trust taxes and dividends are real and essential for leaders to understand as they develop their trust-building competence.