--- title: "Developing Leadership Power: Being a good leader in this age of distrust" description: being a good leader - article image: https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Images/OEP/Praxis/fabrizio-verrecchia-202402.jpg --- [![Marques-SoM](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/CGMD%20Blog/Images/CGMD%20Images/Logos/Marques-SoM.png?width=1&name=Marques-SoM.png)](http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som) [![Marques-SoM](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Marques-SoM.png?width=85&name=Marques-SoM.png)](http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som)   - [Home](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge) - Featured - [CEO Summit](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/ceo-summit-2021) - Categories - [Changing World of Work](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/changing-world-of-work) - [Digital Transformation](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/digital-transformation) - [Economics](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/economics) - [Entrepreneurship](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/entrepreneurship) - [Finance and Accounting](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/finance-and-accounting) - [Implementation](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/implementation) - [Leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/leadership) - [Logistics and Supply Chain](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/logistics-and-supply-chain) - [Organisational Behaviour](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/topic/organisational-behaviour) - [Organisational Resilience](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/topic/organisational-resilience) - [Strategic Marketing and Sales](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/strategic-marketing-and-sales) - [Strategy](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/strategy) - [Sustainability](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/sustainability) - [Executive Development](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/executive-development) - Content - [Articles](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/article) - [Whitepapers](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/whitepaper) - [eBooks](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/ebook) - [Podcasts](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/podcast) - [Webinars](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/webinar) - [Videos](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/video) - Programmes - [Open Programmes ↗](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/open-executive-programmes) - [Customised Programmes ↗](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/executive-development/consultancy-and-custom-solutions) - [MBA Programmes ↗](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/cranfield-mba-programmes) - [Master's Apprenticeships ↗](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/management-and-leadership-masterships) - [The Blog](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev) [![JOIN THE KNOWLEDGE HUB](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/417879/b9b69d4d-7ced-4ee8-bd11-b66d3bd4d1b7.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/417879/b9b69d4d-7ced-4ee8-bd11-b66d3bd4d1b7) ### Subscribe you blog for exclusive insights. ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Images/OEP/Praxis/fabrizio-verrecchia-202402.jpg) read # Developing Leadership Power: Being a good leader in this age of distrust By Dr Jacquie Drake   ![fabrizio-verrecchia-202402](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Images/OEP/Praxis/fabrizio-verrecchia-202402.jpg?width=606&name=fabrizio-verrecchia-202402.jpg) Trust used to come with a senior job title. It was part of the ordinary package like a salary and pension. But trust in the authority of business leaders has eroded and keeps on eroding – just as it has for other traditional pillars like the bank manager, the headteacher and the police chief – to a point where creating and keeping hold of trust has become one of the biggest challenges for both new and established leaders. Why is it so important? Because leadership depends on relationships and relationships are built on trust ## Being a good leader in this age of distrust When we listen to the experiences of managers coming to Cranfield we hear all about the resulting pressures: a more frequent questioning of authority, less certainty, less engagement, and more time needed for untangling a mess of roles and responsibilities.   The Developing Leadership Practice programme is geared towards rebuilding that all-important trust and clarity – giving back to leaders their sense of trust in themselves, and ensuring the basis of trust in their line reports. It’s a reset button    Where the uncertainty is coming from?   The shift towards less hierarchical, ‘command-and-control’ organisations has been a long-term trend, and a most welcome development for most employees. But within this context there have been new developments that present particular problems. Managers talk, perhaps more than anything else, about the challenges of dealing with teams of ‘millennials’ – the twentysomethings and employees in their early thirties sometimes referred to as ‘Generation Me’ because of their perceived sense of ‘entitlement’. The graduate millennials are seen as constantly pushing for feedback and development, with a ready claim to regular promotions and a more flexible working day; while the less qualified millennials can feel disheartened and are difficult to motivate.   **...''There’s a recognised formula for understanding the extent of trust a manager has''...**   Cranfield’s Developing Leadership Practice Programme combines experientially focused classroom sessions, personalised application steps, coaching via webinar for groups and video call for individuals, and supported peer-to- peer learning, to create a carefully constructed ‘Networked Learning’ executive development environment.  ### Find out how we could help you transform your leadership capabilities? 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