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Podcast Episode 238: The Trust Crisis And How To Address It – with Adam Horne

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This Episode: The Trust Crisis And How To Address It – with Adam Horne

Lucinda talks to Adam Horne, co-founder of OpenOrg, on the “Trust Crisis and how to address it”. He shares insights from his extensive experience in culture change and highlights alarming statistics about employee engagement and trust in the workplace.

Together they look into the challenges organisations face, particularly in smaller businesses, regarding miscommunication and the erosion of trust

Key Takeaways

There is a significant trust deficit within organisations, with studies indicating that around 67% of employees do not trust their employers. This lack of trust can lead to lower engagement and higher turnover rates.
Effective communication is crucial for building trust. Organisations should focus on improving communication flow internally and externally, ensuring that employees understand their roles, expectations, and the company culture.
Developing a transparency charter can help define what transparency means within an organisation. This charter serves as a guide for leadership on how to handle communication and sets clear expectations for employees regarding what information will be shared.
Organisations should take proactive steps to address transparency and trust issues rather than waiting for problems to arise. This includes documenting policies, clarifying communication around working hours, and being honest about what frameworks are in place.

Best Moments

“67% of employees don’t trust their employer. That’s a huge majority, it’s over two thirds. It’s a big, big number.”

“Four in ten hiring managers have admitted to lying to candidates during the interview process about culture, about role expectations.”

“Transparency is not extreme. It doesn’t have to mean that we’re asking CEOs to suddenly open up everyone’s salaries and bonuses.”

“If you don’t have a career development framework in place, document that and tell people that and be open about that.”

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About The Guest, `Adam Horne`

Adam Horne is the co-founder of Open Org.

If your current HR & People goals are focused on improving things like communication , engagement, retention & trust, but you need more support to reach them, that’s exactly where Open Org comes in. They’re a member network of Experts, HR Leaders & Companies dedicated to creating more Open, High-Trust Culture at work. They provide members with a progressive peer community, resource library, and dedicated on-demand support to accelerate them towards those goals & objectives.

Useful Resources

www.openorg.fyi
www.openorfg.fyi/resources
www.openorg.fyi/individual-membership

Connect with Adam…
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-open-org/

About The Host

Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles. Lucinda, for over 10 years as CEO of Actus Software has worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. Certainly, it was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up’ together.

“If you look up, you rise up”

How To Be A Change Superhero – by Lucinda Carney