Repair advisory trust after missing a private commitment.
A confidential advisor missed a deadline on a sensitive board memo. Trust repair: damaged variable, ownership, new evidence The common trap is apologizing for your workload instead of repairing the other person’s risk. Diagnose the damaged variable Reliability took the direct hit; intimacy took the secondary hit because the memo was sensitive. Repair must prove future dependability, not just regret. Own the specific miss "I committed to 4 p.m. and missed it." Specific ownership prevents a debate about intentions. Name the impact "That left you exposed in board prep." Impact shows you understand what your miss cost them. Install a…
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