Trust at work: introduction

So, this is a blog about trust in the workplace, and in working relationships. Questions to be considered include:

• What actually is trust?
• What is involved in the process of trusting someone (like a manager or colleague), or an organisation (like your employer)?
• What creates and maintains, and even enhances, trust inside organisations?
• What damages and even destroys trust inside organisations? (How can trust be re-built after it's been damaged, or detroyed?)
• Do people have different trust levels for their colleagues, their line manager and the senior management in their organisation - why?
• Do organisations where people trust each other perform better than others (and if so, why?) Are high levels of trust important inside organisations, or is trust over-rated?
• Do people in different countries report different levels of trust in their workplace?