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Trust is a social construct which is defined as “reliance on
the integrity, strength, and ability of person to do what is expected”. In sociology and psychology the degree of
trust is a measure of belief in the authenticity, fairness and good will of the
other. According to psychologists basic trust occurs during the first two years
of life, and failure leads towards an orientation of insecurity and mistrust.
Trust in ontological terms is a declaration and a positive
assessment about sincerity, competence, and reliability in some domain of
action. Thus, if we want to risk trust we should increase our capacity for well
grounded assessment.
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The root of the word assessment is from the Latin “assidere”
which means “to sit beside”. Assessment is grounded when the personal opinion
of the person who is making the assessment is evidence-based and provides the
standards against which the evidence is compared. The ungrounded assessment is
when we bring up some opinion based on no evidence or valid criteria. Assessments
are an inescapable and important part of our lives, and we become more
effective in life by making more grounded assessments. We should also realize
that assessments are just assessments and not “the truth”.
All human actions take place out of some mood or emotion.
Moods are pervasive and are basically in the background. They shape our
emotions and the way we act or speak.
Assessment is usually done in one of the following moods:
Naive: innocent, childlike
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Prudent: wise and judicial: power of leaders reside here
True leaders are prudent and have the capacity to make
grounded assessments. They are aware that ungrounded assessment does not serve
the purpose, and being trustworthy based on valid criteria is the only sure way
to maintain a trust level.
#trust, #grounded assessment, #moods, #declaration
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