Social Sector begins talking about building trust

The 3rd of May was the International Day of Trust. It’s something that I decided to start. The organisation which I run – entente and the entente foundation – now have as their goals building and restoring trust. This year, in London, Las Vegas, Jamaica, Johannesburg and Sydney, we started a global conversation. Here’s what we heard:

• We need more trust in our world. 
• It is going to take a long time.
• It’s a grassroots movement 
• It requires our leaders to change and set an example.
• A world built on trust would be a world of prosperity, productivity, without violence or war, without abuse, where people cared about each other and there was peace.
  

As I have begun focusing on building and restoring trust I have been surprised by a number of things among hundreds of people I have spoken to:

• that everyone agreed that trust was critical to their business, family, marriage, community, society;
• that less than 5% said they did anything to build and maintain that trust;
  

International Day of Trust - 3rd May

Wow. What an amazing journey this has been, preparing for the International Day of Trust, the 3rd of May. A huge thank you to all the people who have participated in preparing the world's first t12 dialogue on trust groups, who have been out filming on the streets around the world, who have shared their thoughts with all of us, and to all of you who now choose to be a part of this special day.

A big, big thank you to my son, Lachlan, whose timely Mothers Day message to me 6 years ago planted a seed that continues to grow and is now reaching people in 6 continents. We share the celebration of the International Day of Trust with Lachlan's birthday, in honour of the awareness he raised in me. Happy 16th Birthday, Lachy!

The theme for this year - Imagine a world built on trust, sadly pre-supposes that we don't currently have that, but that it is a possibility. It is on that possibility, and on the vision for a world in which we learn to trust our purpose here, to trust ourselves, to be trustworthy and to build trust with those around us, that we have worked around the clock to share these gifts with you.

Enjoy!

Vanessa and the entente team

Australia

 

 

 

t12 - dialogue on trust groups

We have 2 groups of 12 leaders meeting in Sydney:

t12 education - hosted by Dr. Ted Boyce and Pacific Hills Christian School

t12 social sector - hosted by Prof. Peter Shergold and the Centre for Social Impact

Information about attendees and the outcome will be available on our t12 - dialogue on trust webpage a few days after the event.

Out on the streets

April Hasselmann from entente headed out with filmmaker Chris Hobart and asked people out on the streets of Sydney's inner west what they thought about trust. Click here to view the responses they received.

Expert's videos, interviews and blogs

David Penglase, creator of Sales Coach Central and Ari Galper, creator of Unlock the Game on the role of Trust in Sales.

Mandy Holloway, author of 'Inspiring Courageous Leaders' and Keith Ayers author of 'Engagement is not enough' on Trust in Leadership.

Fiona Pearman, co-author of 'The Truth about Trust in Business' on Trust in Branding.