Building Trust: In Business, Politics, Relationships, and Life

by RobertC.Solomon (Author), Fernando Flores (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2003

  $13.47

  Trust is an essential feature of not only interpersonal relationships, but of every human organization, from the corporation to the nation state. While much has been written on this topic, there has still been no sustained consideration of what trust actually is. This book attempts to fill that void. The authors portray trust as a series of social practices, not merely an attitude toward a person at a time or some sort of vague social glue . Trust is an emotional skill, which requires emotional intelligence to learn. Using this model, they go on to analyze how trust is created, maintained, violated, and re-established in business and politics and also in our intimate relationships. They introduce and advocate the notion of authentic trust , which is neither naive or blind but trust with eyes wide open. The book aims not only to understand trust but to give the reader the tools build and maintain trust in personal and business relationships and to restore trust where it has been lost or betrayed.

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.49

  In business, politics, marriage, indeed in any significant relationship, trust is the essential precondition upon which all real success depends. But what, precisely, is trust? How can it be achieved and sustained? And, most importantly, how can it be regained once it has been broken? In Building Trust, Robert C. Solomon and Fernando Flores offer compelling answers to these questions. They argue that trust is not something that simply exists from the beginning, something we can assume or take for granted; that it is not a static quality or social glue. Instead, they assert that trust is an emotional skill, an active and dynamic part of our lives that we build and sustain with our promises and commitments, our emotions and integrity. In looking closely at the effects of mistrust, such as insidious office politics that can sabotage a company's efficiency, Solomon and Flores demonstrate how to move from naive trust that is easily shattered to an authentic trust that is sophisticated, reflective, and possible to renew. As the global economy makes us more and more reliant on strangers, and as our political and personal interactions become more complex, Building Trust offers invaluable insight into a vital aspect of human relationships.

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  Paperback
  2003

  $16.15

  In business, politics, marriage, indeed in any significant relationship, trust is the essential precondition upon which all real success depends. But what, precisely, is trust? How can it be achieved and sustained? And, most importantly, how can it be regained once it has been broken? In Building Trust, Robert C. Solomon and Fernando Flores offer compelling answers to these questions. They argue that trust is not something that simply exists from the beginning, something we can assume or take for granted; that it is not a static quality or social glue. Instead, they assert that trust is an emotional skill, an active and dynamic part of our lives that we build and sustain with our promises and commitments, our emotions and integrity. In looking closely at the effects of mistrust, such as insidious office politics that can sabotage a company's efficiency, Solomon and Flores demonstrate how to move from naive trust that is easily shattered to an authentic trust that is sophisticated, reflective, and possible to renew. As the global economy makes us more and more reliant on strangers, and as our political and personal interactions become more complex, Building Trust offers invaluable insight into a vital aspect of human relationships.