Trust Works!
by Ken Blanchard, Cynthia Olmstead and Martha Lawrence
The ABCD trust model (able, believable, connected, dependable) told through a fable of a cat and a dog. Simple diagnostic for why trust is broken and which element to repair.
Read it if…
you want a simple model for diagnosing broken trust.
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Skip it if…
you want Covey's deeper treatment.
Try instead: The Seven Levels of Intimacy →
Three things you will actually use
- Able, believable, connected, dependable.
- Trust breaks in specific places; repair specifically.
- Talk about trust explicitly.
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Score a strained relationship on A, B, C and D.
Our verdict
ABCD trust.
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