There is a guy on my team who scores well on four of the five C’s of trustworthiness: character, commitment, competence, connection, and communication.

The problem — He’s slow to respond to emails, phone calls, voicemails.

For Blue Angels, the post-flight debrief is sacred. Everything else can wait until they analyze their performance after every flight. Their debriefs answer three fundamental questions.

As we seek to build greater trust in the relationships that matter, we must also deal with people who don’t deserve our trust. At least not yet, and maybe never.

In 1784, after the Revolutionary War and the ending of France’s protection, America’s merchant ships began to be attacked in the Mediterranean and seized by Barbary pirates, its sailors forced into slavery.

Trust is a direct function of interdependence. Bowling teams don’t require trust.