4 pillars of trust new leaders must cultivate and build

For the new kid on the block who has recently been promoted to a role on your organization’s leadership team, joining the ranks of those highly experienced and tenured individuals can be very daunting.

Perhaps, you can’t help but question yourself about the unknowns to come and even your own competency: Am I ready for all of this? Do I really know what I am doing? Am I capable of driving success for the organization?

In short, the answer to all your mind-racing thoughts, is yes.

But to truly rise to the occasion of your new job, you need to first have trust in yourself and in those around you.

While this may feel easier said than done, consider this advice: as a toddler’s mom, first-responder’s wife and millennial SVP (that’s right, I’m new to leadership too), believing in yourself and your support system will enable you to successfully seize the opportunity inherent in your new responsibilities.

No matter what industry or type of company you work for, follow these four pillars of trust and you, too, will be able to show up and show out:

1. Trust in yourself.