Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

Listen to the importance of Anton Gunn’s three core questions 👏

13 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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In this brief interview, Anton Gunn distills effective leadership to three fundamental questions that every leader must answer for each person they interact with: “Do you care about me?”, “Will you help me?”, and “Can I trust you?”. He emphasizes that merely saying “yes” to these questions is insufficient; leaders must consistently demonstrate care, provide tangible help, and act in trustworthy ways. Without visible actions that reflect these commitments, team members will not develop trust, undermining the leader’s effectiveness. Gunn frames these principles as essential business practices for any leader seeking to inspire and guide their team.

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You have these 3 questions that you say that every person that you meet, that you come in contact with, that everyone has. Do you mind sharing those and what those have to do with—
I try to break leadership down in its simplest form. And if you want to be the most effective leader ever, but the questions are this. Question number 1 is, do you care about me? Question number 2 is, will you help me? And question number 3 is, can I trust you? Now let me give you the context about these 3 questions. We love to say the words, yes, I care about you. Yes, I'll be happy to help you. Yes, you can trust me. But nobody wants to hear yes to those 3 questions. How do you show them that you're helping them? And how do you show them that they can trust you? Now, let me be clear, because if you don't show the people that you lead that you care about them and that you're willing to help them to be successful, they will never trust you. And so I use this and I teach this in business principles, like in companies, what a leader needs to do. To talk to the team, but let me be clear: everybody.