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Trust is the new currency: leadership guru Stephen M.R. Covey

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Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/business/06/19/20180619-anc-stephen-covey-1.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Leadership speaker and author Stephen M.R. Covey holds a workshop in Manila on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – Leaders should learn the &quot;economics of trust&quot; and make it work for them, world renowned leadership speaker and author Stephen M.R. Covey said on Tuesday.</p><p>Trust fosters employee productivity and growth in companies, Covey said during his workshop “Leading with Trust: A session with Stephen M.R. Covey.&quot; </p><p>“Trust, tiwala, is our new currency. Trust is financial, not just social and you can put an economic value on it,” Covey said during the event sponsored by ANC.</p><p>Anytime there is a low level of trust, companies suffer from &quot;low-trust tax&quot; while high-trust environments gain &quot;dividends,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;Nothing engages people like being trusted and nothing disengages people like not being trusted. If you want to attract and retain people, trust them,&quot; he said. </p><p>Reciprocal trust between leaders and employees accelerates learning, and fosters collaboration and innovation. Lack of trust, meanwhile results in dishonesty, disengagement and &quot;politics,&quot; Covey added.</p><p>“When the trust goes down in a team, the speed goes down with it. Everything will take you longer and everything will cost you much, much more,” he said.</p><p>The best way to benefit from it is through practicing “smart trust” or the high propensity for trusting people followed by analysis and wise judgement. </p><p>&quot;Start with high propensity to trust - a bias, a desire, an inclination to trust people. It opens up possibilities, options you’ve never seen before,&quot; he said.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/business/06/19/23.jpg"/><figcaption>Author of &quot;The Speed of Trust&quot; Stephen Covey said trust is contagious so as distrust. <em>Photo: Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>When asked about the risks of trusting too much, Covey said there is a greater risk in not trusting people.</p><p>&quot;If we don’t trust people how will we engage them, innovate, create, inspire, be a team? You can trust too much and get burned but you can also not trust enough and you wouldn&#x27;t see the possibilities,&quot; he said.</p><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/business/06/19/20180619-anc-stephen-covey-2.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/business/06/19/20180619-anc-stephen-covey-3.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/business/06/19/20180619-anc-stephen-covey-4.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/business/06/19/20180619-anc-stephen-covey-5.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/business/06/19/20180619-anc-stephen-covey-6.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/business/06/19/20180619-anc-stephen-covey-7.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/business/06/19/20180619-anc-stephen-covey-8.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/business/06/19/20180619-anc-stephen-covey-9.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/business/06/19/20180619-anc-stephen-covey-10.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/business/06/19/20180619-anc-stephen-covey-11.jpg"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><p>Leadership speaker and author Stephen M.R. Covey holds a workshop in Manila on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. <cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>(L-R) ABS-CBN President and CEO Carlo Katigbak, Stephen M.R. Covey, Chairman Martin Lopez, SVP for News and Current Affairs Ging Reyes and ANC COO Cilette Liboro-Co. <cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Leadership speaker and author Stephen M.R. Covey holds a workshop in Manila on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. <cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Leadership speaker and author Stephen M.R. Covey holds a workshop in Manila on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. <cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Leadership speaker and author Stephen M.R. Covey holds a workshop in Manila on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. <cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Leadership speaker and author Stephen M.R. Covey holds a workshop in Manila on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. <cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Leadership speaker and author Stephen M.R. Covey holds a workshop in Manila on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. <cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Leadership speaker and author Stephen M.R. Covey holds a workshop in Manila on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. <cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Leadership speaker and author Stephen M.R. Covey holds a workshop in Manila on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. <cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Leadership speaker and author Stephen M.R. Covey holds a workshop in Manila on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. <cite>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div></div></div>

<p>Trust is the new currency as it fosters employee productivity and growth in companies, world renowned leadership author and speaker Stephen M.R. Covey said on Tuesday.</p>

Trust is the new currency as it fosters employee productivity and growth in companies, world renowned leadership author and speaker Stephen M.R. Covey said on Tuesday.

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Trust is the new currency: leadership guru Stephen M.R. Covey

Jessica Fenol,

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Published Jun 19, 2018 06:25 PM PHT

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Updated Jun 19, 2018 09:42 PM PHT

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