learn to trust

Trust is the foundation that allows people to work together effectively as a team, and allows all team members to be at their best.
If you can trust others more, you can receive more support. You can work more freely and happily. You can achieve more.

If your workmates trust you more they will listen to you. They will open up and share more about the real problems they face. You will understand them better and be able to influence them more.

This course will lead you through a 7-step process that will give you the power to increase the trust you experience every day at work.


7 Steps to a Trustful Workplace

PHASE ONE -5 days

STEP 1) Envision Trust

Clarify exactly what you want. Get motivated with a clear picture of the value of building trust. Affirm what it will take to create trust. Start with the end in mind.

STEP 2) Listen Fully

Allow yourself to listen completely to others. Listening leads to understanding which causes trust. Use what you hear to adjust your trust-building activities. Keep opening yourself and listening.

PHASE TWO -8 days

STEP 3) Open Yourself

Discover what it takes for you to be open with others in your workplace. Build inner compassion for those you fear or dislike. Reveal more of yourself and model the openness you desire from others.

STEP 4) Appreciate Others

Learn how to appreciate others effectively such that you encourage desired behaviours and strengthen mutual trust. Notice the enormous impact of appreciation.

STEP 5) Be Reliable and Consistent

Upgrade your reliability and consistency to sustain high trust levels. Raise your awareness of your behaviours that threaten trust. Learn valuable techniques for reducing your own unintended breaking of trust.

PHASE THREE -5 days

STEP 6) Converse Frankly

Plan and carry out constructive conversations with key people with whom you are building trust. Build stronger foundations of trust. Mend past misunderstandings. Engage in building trust.

STEP 7) Notice the Difference

Become aware of the subtle and the obvious changes you have created throughout the course. Celebrate your success! Thank yourself. Be grateful for the challenges and the support you received. Commit to continuing to build trust.