How willing are you to give someone a second chance after they’ve betrayed your trust?

Our reader poll today asks: How willing are you to give someone a second chance after they’ve betrayed your trust?

• Very: We all make mistakes and deserve second chances 17.92%
• Somewhat: I’m hesitant to expose myself like that again 41.62%
• Not very: It takes a lot to get a second chance from me 32.08%
• Not at all: Once you’ve betrayed me, it’s over 8.38%

Trust is Hard to Regain. 82% of you report you’re hesitant to extend trust again if it’s broken (if you’re willing to extend it again at all). To mitigate issues like this from occurring, make it clear to team members what your expectations are relative to the trust environment on your team. Let them know that it’s expected and will be given but if broken, it will be extremely difficult to repair. It’s then on you to live up to those standards and enforce them as well. Trust is precious and fragile. A team with a strong trust environment can do great things. Without that trust, it’s extremely challenging to be a successful team.

– Mike Figliuolo at thoughtLEADERS, LLC

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These results were originally a SmartPulse poll in SmartBrief on Leadership which tracks feedback from more than 240,000 business leaders. Get smarter on leadership and sign up for the SmartBrief on Leadership e-newsletter.