Trust Glossary
Employee Engagement vs Trust
Engagement measures how people feel about work. Trust measures the dynamics that determine whether engagement is sustainable.
Employee engagement and organisational trust are related but distinct concepts. Engagement surveys measure sentiment — how satisfied, motivated, or committed employees feel. Trust measurement goes deeper — it captures the interpersonal dynamics that create (or destroy) engagement over time.
The key distinction: engagement is a symptom; trust is a cause. An engagement survey might show that a team is disengaged, but it won't reveal why. Is it because people don't trust their manager to follow through (Reliability)? Because they don't feel safe raising concerns (Safety)? Because leadership seems self-serving (Self-Orientation)?
This is why annual engagement surveys often produce puzzling results — a "green" survey one quarter followed by unexpected attrition the next. The survey captured sentiment at a point in time but missed the trust erosion happening underneath.
How TrustLoop measures this
TrustLoop measures trust, not engagement — giving leaders the root-cause signal that engagement surveys miss. While engagement surveys ask "how do you feel?", TrustLoop asks "how are the trust dynamics functioning?" — weekly, anonymously, and with a concrete Action.
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