TRUST IN THE MARKETPLACE

 by Charlotte L. Hanna CMBS Global

Trust, in a relationship, is usually developed over a considerable period of time. However, in today’s fast-paced business climate such time may not be available initially for displaying your own confidence, or determining the reliability of others.

So, how do you exercise trust within today’s marketplace environment, without the luxury of a bonding experience? Though it may go against everything you have been taught over your lifetime, the key is to TRUST FIRST.

We are not often encouraged to blindly trust others, and we teach our children not to trust a stranger. But according to experts, such as Guy Kawasaki, previous chief evangelist of Apple and co-founder of Alltop.com an “online magazine rack” of popular topics on the web, and a founding partner at Garage Technology Ventures, to trust first will encourage others to trust back.

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