going global 2016: trust and leadership

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TRUST AND LEADERSHIP PROFESSOR DAME GLYNIS BREAKWELL PRESIDENT AND VICE CHANCELLOR UNIVERSITY OF BATH, UK One thing that is coming to the fore amidst debates about the value and purpose of H.E. is the ques:on of trust in the university leadership. Trust has several elements: trust in competence trust in honesty trust in inten:on trust in mo:ve trust inten:on trust in the rela:onship Trust in one element does not mean trust in any or all of the rest. The problem, of course, is that trust has to be engendered and cul:vated in contexts that change and are outside of the control of the universi:es or their leaders. The ques:on is: what should we do about it?

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TRUST AND LEADERSHIP PROFESSOR DAME GLYNIS BREAKWELL PRESIDENT AND VICE CHANCELLOR UNIVERSITY OF BATH, UK

OnethingthatiscomingtotheforeamidstdebatesaboutthevalueandpurposeofH.E.istheques:onoftrustintheuniversityleadership.Trusthasseveralelements:trustincompetence

trustinhonesty trustininten:on trustinmo:ve trustinten:on trustintherela:onship

Trustinoneelementdoesnotmeantrustinanyoralloftherest.Theproblem,ofcourse,isthattrusthastobeengenderedandcul:vatedincontextsthatchangeandareoutsideofthecontroloftheuniversi:esortheirleaders.Theques:onis:whatshouldwedoaboutit?