Wednesday@Work Poem: Winging Trust

Winging Trust

What happened to trust?

Did it go?

Was it here?

Did is crack open too early

Spilling out doubt, deception, and despair?

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We are not Humpty Dumpty

Perched on the organizational wall

Ready to do a group trust fall

And no blindfolded trust walk

through our cubicle maze

will put trust back together again.

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Without trust

Our organization is an empty nest

Devoid of the safety and nurturing needed for flight.

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Transparency is overrated.

We don’t need to see through you.

We don’t need you to see through us.

We do need you to see us through

As we see you through too.

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Hope not for trust

For hope casts trust into a future that is never here.

Rather gather the twigs —

honesty

caring

empathy

respect

mutuality —

thatch them into an organizational nest

to nourish, protect, and launch us into the flight of trust.

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David Zinger is a leading expert on employee engagement. He is committed to creating authentic and sustained employee engagement for the benefit of all. Contact David at (204) 254-2130 or Email dzinger@shaw.ca.

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