Trust & Honesty Go Hand-In-Hand

1. Define Trust

In my eyes trust is when you have such a special connection with someone that you are able to confide in them when you need help, and you can share your real feelings with them and believing that they will share their same feelings with you. You know that they will always be there as someone to talk to, and they can always be that extra support when you feel you need it.

2. Define Honesty

Honesty is very important to me, and I would define it as displaying your true feelings and never holding anything back. It is when you give your real opinion about things, and you aren't afraid to tell someone what you are really thinking. However, when I think of an honest person, I don't think of someone who is blunt and rude to people, even though it is their real opinion. Honesty also entails constructive criticism and true praise. You cannot pretend to be happy for someone and then not be genuinely happy.

3. What do trust and honesty have to do with each other? Do they go hand-in-hand?

Trust and honesty have a lot to do with each other. To gain trust or trust someone, you need to be honest with each other. Also, honesty requires trust, because to be honest with someone you need to be able to trust them to not only keep your thoughts to themselves, but to believe your thoughts and understand what you are saying. They definitely go hand-in-hand, because it is difficult and awkward to have one without the other.

4. How do they both relate to leadership and what are their importance to leadership?

Trust and honesty both relate to leadership because in order to lead your peers, you need to gain their trust and you need to trust them that they will believe in what you are leading them to do. In order to gain their trust and have them trust you, you need to be honest with them. Honesty is one of the biggest ways that you can gain someone's trust. This is very important to leadership because without them leadership would be nothing. Trust and honesty is the basis as to which leadership is created, and without these two qualities, no one would lead or follow with their whole heart, which is what is needed.