Coaching practices for Does Having a Colleague as a Contact on Linkedin Imply That You Trust Them Professionally
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- I keep everything at work behind a polished, guarded front
- When I want people to take me seriously I tend to lead with my résumé and how much I know, and I can feel it land as bragging
- My whole week funnels me past the exact same faces
- My boss took a real chance on me and advocated for me, and I just took it and moved on without ever closing the loop
- With new people I try to fast-forward to being close
Practices that may help
- Lower your guard to raise the intimacy score
Sharing something real about yourself makes others feel safer sharing something real with you.
The Trust Equation, Made Practical - Signal credibility without claiming it
Let your knowledge show through questions and specifics, not through declarations of expertise.
The Trust Equation, Made Practical - Design for serendipitous encounters
Put yourself in environments where unexpected, cross-cluster contact is structurally likely.
The Strength of Weak Ties - Reciprocate when your leader invests in you
When a leader gives you trust, opportunity, or advocacy, close the loop with visible follow-through.
Leader-Member Exchange (LMX), Made Practical - Earn the right to deepen the relationship in stages
Trust compounds over time — start with technical credibility and expand into intimacy as it is earned.
The Trust Equation, Made Practical - Give away the answer even when it costs you
When the right answer reduces your value or authority, give it anyway — that act is the trust signal.
The Trust Equation, Made Practical - Turn cold calls into warm calls
Research the person and find a genuine point of connection before any outreach.
Never Eat Alone: Building a Real Network - Audit and reduce your self-orientation
Self-orientation is the denominator: a small increase in it wipes out gains in all three numerator variables.
The Trust Equation, Made Practical - Become the connector in every room
Make it your personal brand to know who should meet whom.
Never Eat Alone: Building a Real Network - Give information or insight freely as a reciprocity signal
Sharing real expertise before any transaction signals trustworthiness and activates the giving norm.
The Rule of Reciprocity, Made Practical
Related concerns
- Expertise And Trust
Let your knowledge show through questions and specifics, not through declarations of expertise.
Signal credibility without claiming it
- Trusted Advisor Intimacy
Sharing something real about yourself makes others feel safer sharing something real with you.
Lower your guard to raise the intimacy score
- Shall I Trust My Recruiter
Reliability is built not by big promises but by flawlessly keeping small, everyday ones.
Build reliability through small, visible commitments
- The Trust Equation At Work
The Trust Equation (Maister, Green, and Galford) holds that trustworthiness = (credibility + reliability + intimacy) ÷ self-orientation. The model is a practitioner framework rather than a rigorously tested theory, but it usefully names the levers — especially self-orientation, which is the single biggest trust-killer most leaders overlook.
- The Trust Equation In A New Job
Trust compounds over time — start with technical credibility and expand into intimacy as it is earned.
Earn the right to deepen the relationship in stages
- The Trust Equation When Starting Out
Trust compounds over time — start with technical credibility and expand into intimacy as it is earned.
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