Audiobook Chapter 8: Trust and Speed
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Published: December 19, 2022
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If you devote a third of your life to your job, it is worth focusing on the trait that will significantly increase your speed. This chapter explores the direct link between trust and speed. Leaders who were the least trusted (the 1st through the 9th percentiles) had a speed rating in the 22nd percentile, while those who were most trusted (the 90th to 100th percentiles) had speed ratings in the 79th percentile. But are the speed bumps that get in the way of trust?
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