Quality relationships are built on principles, especially the principle of trust. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Compliance does not foster innovation, trust does. You can't sustain long-term innovation, for example, in a climate of distrust. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Trust is clearly a key competency. A competency or skill that can be learned, taught, and improved and one that talent can… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The ability to establish, grow, extend, and restore trust is the key professional and personal competency of our time. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Over time, I have come to this simple definition of leadership: Leadership is getting results in a way that inspires trust. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
One of the most important ways to manifest integrity is to be loyal to those who are not present. In doing so,… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Trust is a powerful accelerator to performance and when trust goes up, speed also goes up while cost comes down - producing… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. But it takes time and patience. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Effective communication is built on the cement of trust. And trust is based on trustworthiness, not politics. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
When the trust is high, you get the trust dividend. Investors invest in brands people trust. Consumers buy more from companies they… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Trust is a function of both character and competence. Of course you can't trust someone who lacks integrity, but if someone is… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Executives need to understand the economic benefits of trust dividend, especially when the behavior is real, not artificially or superficially created as… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust because we know their… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Would you not agree that relationships are built on trust? Would you not also agree that most individuals think more in terms… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Trust is a competency. It's something you can get good at. It's a strength you personally, and your team and your company… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say “no” to other things. And… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Trust is the glue that holds everything together. It creates the environment in which all of the other elements win-win stewardship agreements,… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
By behaving in ways that build trust with one, you build trust with many. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Every time I see high-trust cultures, I see a lessening of adversarialism. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Trust is the one thing that affects everything else you're doing. It's a performance multiplier which takes your trajectory upwards, for every… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Contrary to what most people believe, trust is not some soft, illusive quality that you either have or you don't; rather, trust… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
True leadership is moral authority, not formal authority. Leadership is a choice, not a position. The choice is to follow universal timeless… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
In many situations involving service recovery - the problem itself became the catalyst for the creation of even greater trust as the… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Nothing is as fast as the speed of trust. Nothing is as fulfilling as a relationship of trust. Nothing is as inspiring… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, too many executives believe the myths about trust. Myths like how trust is soft and is merely a social virtue. The… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I know it is possible not only to restore trust but to actually enhance it. The difficult things that we got through… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Strategy is important, but trust is the hidden variable. On paper you can have clarity around your objectives, but in a low-trust… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Trust is a function of two things: character and competence. Character includes your integrity, your motive and your intent with people. Competence… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
When trust is high, the dividend you receive is like a performance multiplier, elevating and improving every dimension of your organization and… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
You can't have the fruits without the roots. It's the principle of sequencing: Private Victories proceed Public Victories. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Empathic listening takes time, but it doesn't take anywhere near as much time as it takes to back up and correct misunderstandings when you're… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The fire inside people is like a match; the way to ignite that flame is initially through friction, then other matches are lit through… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
In a very real sense, there are only two roles in organisations: customers and suppliers. Everybody functions simultaneously in both roles, whether inside or… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
To blame and accuse other people, is to choose to empower them, to control us. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven't paid the price to decide what is really important to them. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Highly proactive people don't blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Most people define greatness through wealth and popularity and position in the corner office. But what I call everyday greatness comes from character and… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
