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links: [[Management]], [[Management Articles]], [[Communication]], [[Teams and Teamwork]]
created: 2021-03-12 Fri
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# Trust Equation
https://trustedadvisor.com/why-trust-matters/understanding-trust/understanding-the-trust-equation
Trustworthiness = (Credibility + Reliability + Intimacy) / Self-orientation
These add up:
**Credibility**: experience / knowledge
**Reliability**: history, actions, visibly doing what you said you would
**Intimacy**: safety/security we feel with someone (e.g. that they. won't violate confidentiality)
This diminishes the whole thing:
**Self-orientation**: if we appear to be focused on what we want to get out of the interaction, this negates / dilutes all the other factors that lead the other person to trust us.