Measuring Trust – A Key to Effective Leadership

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of measuring and improving trust as a key element of effective leadership.

Trust is one of the most fundamental elements of effective leadership—and yet, most organizations don’t measure it properly. In this episode, I speak again with my good friend Alun Bedding about how we can move from talking about trust to actually quantifying and improving it. We explore why trust is essential for collaboration, leadership, and performance, and what happens when it’s missing. We also dive into practical tools like the Leadership Trust Index, how to interpret trust as a lead measure, and how organizations can systematically improve trust over time. If you want to become a more effective leader and create real impact, this episode gives you both the mindset and the tools to do it.

People in this episode

Hosts: Alexander Schacht, Benjamin Piske

Guest: Alun Bedding

Topics covered

• trust
• leadership
• collaboration
• performance
• quantification
• improvement

Keywords

• trust
• leadership
• collaboration
• performance
• Leadership Trust Index
• quantifying trust
• effective leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PSI

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