Thursday, February 21, 2013

Trust - The Hallmark of Good Business



Business is about managing risk.  Risk of failure.  Risk of an uncollectible account.  Risk of falling demand.  Uncertainty begets risk.  It also creates opportunities.  We manage risk in many ways.  One is to deal with people we trust.   As a noun, trust means reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc, of a person or thing; confidence. 
Placing trust in a person or business is one way to minimize risk.  We have all been in situations where we compared bids or proposals and went with the person or company we were familiar with because we trust their work.  A trusted advisor can help minimize risk by providing objective advice.
Trusting someone else does minimize risk of failure, but it creates different risk.  The business section is filled with stories about people who have abused the trust placed in them.  Of course, most people won’t embezzle or misrepresent anything, but some unsavory practices are entirely too common.  How can you minimize the risk of foul play?  You need to find someone with proven character the same way you’d find someone with proven skill.
We at Clear Financial Solutions pride ourselves on our integrity.  We make our processes and billing transparent, and we’re always glad to explain how and why we did something if you have a question.  We won’t force you to use a more expensive service just so we can collect a higher fee.  We like to do honest business with honest people.
Contemporaneously, Trustworthy means deserving of trust or confidence; dependable, reliable. 
Trust is about more than dependable skill.  It’s also about dependable ethics. 
Is your current provider worthy of your trust?  Will they look out for your interests, in good and bad times, above their own? 
We believe the staff and principals at Clear Financial Solutions exhibit these characteristics, just as a good Scout would. 

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