This Simple Trick Can Help You Win Your Team’s Trust

In 2025, less than half (48 percent) of U.S. employees said they trusted their senior leaders, and 40 percent reported distrust of their leaders and colleagues, signaling a broad erosion of workplace trust.

And when you add AI to the mix, things aren’t looking good. In a 2025 YouGov survey, only 5 percent of Americans say they trust AI. Meanwhile, in late 2025, McKinsey found that 78 percent of U.S. companies report using AI in at least one business function (up from 55 percent just a year earlier).

Put simply, we are in an AI-accelerated trust recession.

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