The Development of Trust Similarities and Differences for Senior Leaders in Other Cultural Environments

Abstract

Trust, or the degree to which one party believes in the honesty, benevolence and competency of the other, is crucial at all levels of leadership. It opens the channel for successful communication and all great leaders are great communicators, even when communication is not necessarily verbal or specifically action-oriented. Extraordinary examples of leadership revolve around a constellation of attributes though from a decision making perspective, (the sine quo non of leadership) trust is imperative for others to act at a decisive point in time. This is very important in a military leadership sense when lives are at stake, yet important as well if not equally in carrying forward executive decisions in private sector roles. In order to assess the similarities and differences in trust building in various types of organizations including: service, joint, multi-national coalition and inter-agency, a survey was recently conducted of senior leadership individuals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 2009
Accession Number
ADA597809

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  • Theodore L. Grabarz

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  • Naval War College

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  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

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  • Air Force
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Department Of State
  • Environment
  • Executives
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Personnel
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personality
  • Psychology
  • Security
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