Sharing Personal Information Can Build Trust on Your Team — If You Do It Right

Some leaders are too comfortable talking about themselves and others — at work. Their teams may struggle to trust them because they have no boundaries. Other leaders are reluctant to share anything at all, and risk coming across as remote and inaccessible. But there is a way to strike the right balance, according to Lisa Rosh, an assistant professor of management at the Sy Syms School of Business at Yeshiva University. She explains how you can build greater trust on your team when you get self-disclosure just right. As she says, “Be yourself but be it very carefully.”