Collaboration: Building and Sustaining Trust

Updated on 24 May 2010 by Lokesh Datta

Updated on 26 May 2010 by Lokesh Datta

Updated on 25 December 2010 by Lokesh Datta

The issue of trust is at the core of effective collaboration. The most basic definition of collaboration (co-labor) is working jointly with others for shared goals and outcomes. The need for trust thus arises due to the interdependence between parties. A trust relationship inherently has risk for the parties involved. Individual personal behaviors are different that manage this trust and associated risk. Since trust it at the core of collaboration, how does one build trust? What is trust anyway? What are individual behaviors and expectations in a trust relationship? What can be done to rebuild trust when trust is violated? These are some of the question we address in this post.

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