Trust — The cost of commitment

Changes in leadership are generally times of stress for an organisation, because trust has to be transferred from leaders whose judgment they still have to discover.

Ideally, from the point of view of confidence, new leadership should grow up from within the organisation so that there is a natural succession as there was from Moses to Joshua.

Of all elements of relationships, the one that is most crucial to leadership is probably trust.

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