Building and Sustaining Workplace Trust

This session helps leaders create and improve practices that engender trust among team members and in the workplace.
Length: Half Day

Workshop Outline

Dynamics of Trust

•  What is trust?

•  Why is trust important and how does it get lost?

•  The benefits of a high-trust climate

•  Actions that restore trust

A Deeper Look at Workplace Trust

•  Essential factors for trust to flourish

•  Leader behaviors that inspire trust

•  Assessing your team’s trust climate

What Leaders Can Do to Build Trust

•  Essential leader behaviors

•  Assessment of trustworthiness

•  First steps and action planning

Participant Take Aways

Participants will be on their way to building or maintaining trust within their teams because they are able to:

• Recognize the key elements of trust in a work team.

• Use an inventory to assess the team climate.

• Identify and implement at least 3 ways to improve trust in your work unit.