title: Building Trusting Relationships in the Medical Practice Team: Thirty Rules to Live By for You and Your Staff.
abstract: A medical practice team without trust isn't really a team; it's just a group of individuals who work together in a medical practice, often making disappointing progress. This is true no matter how capable or talented the individuals are. Your staff may never reach its full potential if trust is not present. This article offers medical practice managers 30 rules for building trust in their practices: 15 rules that will help them in their leadership roles, and 15 rules to teach and discuss with their employees. It suggests a trust-building screening question to include in job interviews to determine if applicants have a high capacity for trust. It also describes Reina and Reina's "Three C's of Trust," a model that practice managers may find useful as they develop trust competencies in their staffs. This article also includes 10 inspiring quotes that will help medical practice employees build trust and five easy-to-facilitate trust-building exercises that managers can use with the medical practice team.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hills
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007857:Leadership; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D035502:Trust