Building Trust in the Continually Moving Workplace

In an increasingly impersonal, fast paced  global workplace, trust is difficult to achieve and retain. Yet, HR leaders understand that “getting results” depends on people working with each other  in trusting and transparent  collaborations.  How do you build trust when you often know next to nothing about your co-workers as human beings?   How can you quickly tap into the best of who you are and stimulate that same essence in others, while staying on schedule and implementing best practices?  How can you make sure that the product or service you need to create is not compromised because you don’t trust the work of another – (and they don’t trust you?)

Janice Cohen and I are in the process of creating an experiential training workshop designed to explore and answer these questions.  We are happy to announce we will be doing this workshop for the HR Convention at the Samoset in Rockport, ME this coming May 11 -14, 2011.

Trusting workplaces are energy producing, not energy reducing, as is common in a workplace devoid of trust. They are more productive, creative, competent, and self-nurturing.  With ever tighter schedules, we can no longer hope for trust to develop over time. Building trust must be an intentional,  courageous act built not on status or goals, but on the willingness to reveal one’s authenticity. Storytelling is an efficient and effective vehicle that enables people to build trust within the restricted time frames and fast movement pace of today’s workplaces.

Four Objectives of this Workshop

• Understand the influence of trust in creating productive workplaces and collaborative relationships.
• Learn  how to tap self-knowledge and share it with others through storytelling that builds connections and trust
• Understand the elements of storytelling that connect the storyteller with the audience and create a shared space
• Ability to listen to another’s story with curiosity and empathy

So what do you think?  What are your stories of Trust on the Run?  Tell us here and come see us in May!