"How Much Trust is in YOUR Workplace?" Workshop

Trust (noun) confidence; a reliance or resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship or other sound principle of another person or thing.

Trust (verb) to place confidence in, to rely on, to believe in the honesty, integrity or other principles of another. To allow to do something without fear of consequences.

What kind of organizations may be experiencing low trust and depleted productivity?

Organizations that are experiencing rapid and far ranging change, downsizing, and mergers are most in need of building or re-building trust.

Signs of low trust in organization:

• “Us vs. Them” talk
• Ongoing, unresolved turf battles and conflicts
• Rumour mill that works overtime
• Lack of suggestions for improvement, no new ideas
• Chronic complaining among employees
• Reluctance to share information and resources

Is everyone in your workplace comfortable taking risks to reach peak performance?

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Stress Management

Change Management in Organizations

Do You Want to Develop
'Change Hardiness'?

Break Up or Break Down:
Make Humour Part of Your Workplace

How Do YOU Manage Your Time?

How Much Trust is in YOUR Workplace?

Management Consulting Services

If my organization has signs of low trust – how can I fix it?

You can build trust in your organization and reap the benefits of working in an environment of trust by focusing on the quality of work relationships. Pitsel & Associates Ltd can help you learn how to encourage and demonstrate behaviours that improve trust and performance in your workplace.

BENEFITS

Participants will:

• Evaluate the quality of relationships in their work group
• Learn how to build trust in groups
• Identify the behaviours that increase and diminish trust
• Learn how to bring competency, integrity, and consistency to their workplace

Why worry about trust in organizations?

Research on trust in organizations (and the lack thereof) suggests the following:

• When there is a degree of trust, people are more likely to provide each other with accurate and timely information and less likely to misinterpret behaviours and attitudes.
• People working in a high trust environment are significantly more effective at problem solving than those working in a low trust environment
• Levels of trust correlates substantially with organizational commitment
• Trust in a business environment reduces the need for monitoring behaviour and increases the speed of decision making.
• Higher levels of trust are associated with increased quality of output, greater efficiency of process, greater flexibility and an enhanced strategic focus.

For information on presenting an effective Time Management workshops, please contact Pitsel and Associates Ltd. at 403.245.0550 or pitselp@nucleus.com