Trust Before It's Earned

Most advice says that trust always has to be earned. I do the opposite, and here's the cost I pay for it if I'm not careful.

There are roughly three ways to lead and manage:

Command and control: you decide, they execute.

Earn-the-leash: trust is a reward, you hand it out in slow increments once people prove themselves.

Servant leadership: you give people room first, before they've earned it, and you find out who they are by what they do with it. You’re empowering them.

How do y…