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Ep 44 – Power Tip: "How to rebuild trust after you get it wrong", Jen Hamilton
Sep 22, 2026 · 3 min · 3 segments
This Level 10 Leaders Power Tip is from Jen Hamilton of Hamilton COOs, on how to win back someone's trust after you have got it wrong. Jen's sequence has five parts: let them vent without cutting in…
This Level 10 Leaders Power Tip is from Jen Hamilton of Hamilton COOs, on how to win back someone's trust after you have got it wrong. Jen's sequence has five parts: let them vent without cutting in, validate what they felt without necessarily agreeing, own the specific thing you did, apologise in a way that shows you understand the harm, then make a promise for something new. The step most people skip is the last one, deliberately checking back in so the other person can see the promise being kept.
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This Level 10 Leaders Power Tip is from Jen Hamilton of Hamilton COOs, on how to win back someone's trust after you have got it wrong. Jen's sequence has five parts: let them vent without cutting in…