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Creating Trusting Environments: Unapologetic Transformations
Creating Trusting Environments: Unapologetic Transformations
This is a continued conversation from 12/15. If you missed the previous pillars, we would encourage you to go back and follow along for our full content on this discussion!
#7) DEMONSTRATE Vulnerability
Demonstrating vulnerability in the workplace is not only a display of authenticity but also a catalyst for fostering psychological safety and cultivating trust among team members. By normalizing imperfection and acknowledging mistakes as natural aspects of professional growth, leaders create an environment where individuals feel comfortable admitting their own shortcomings without fear of judgment.
Creating Trusting Environments: Unapologetic Transformations
This is a continued conversation from 12/15. If you missed the previous pillars, we would encourage you to go back and follow along for our full content on this discussion!
#6) HOW you say something matters as much as what you say
In the realm of professional communication, the way you convey a message is just as crucial as the message itself – perhaps even more so. One of my favorite mentors used to always tell me: "There's nothing you cannot say, but there is always another way to say something." TThis wisdom underscores the importance of thoughtful articulation, emphasizing that silence can often breed mistrust in the workplace AND that words have lasting impact.
Creating Trusting Environments: Unapologetic Transformations
Jan 26
This is a continued conversation from 12/15. If you missed the previous pillars, we would encourage you to go back and follow along for our full content on this discussion!
#5). Breed Psychological Safety
Let’s start with a rundown of what psychological safety means. It’s become quite the buzzword, but in practice means delivering a few crucial needs to your employees. At the heart of the concept, team members who report feeling psychologically safe in the workplace feel confident they can:
Creating Trusting Environments: Unapologetic Transformations
This is a continued conversation from 12/15. If you missed the previous pillars, we would encourage you to go back and follow along for our full content on this discussion!
#4). Be in ALL Rooms, Not Just the Boardroom.
Building on last week’s conversation on the importance of showing the human side of you as a leader, we’re going to talk about the importance of finding time to be in other rooms with your team, than just the boardrooms (or Zoom “rooms”).
Creating Trusting Environments: Unapologetic Transformations
This is a continued conversation from 12/15. If you missed the previous pillars, we would encourage you to go back and follow along for our full content on this discussion!
#3) Invite Them into your Personal Space.
I can remember the first time the VP of our Sales Organization took a bold step by inviting our entire team, along with their significant others, to his tennis club for a Friday night after work. This wasn’t your typical office gathering; it was a chance for us to see our VP in a different light –
Creating Trusting Environments: Unapologetic Transformations
This is a continued conversation from 12/15. If you missed the first pillar in the series, please refer to 12/15 and follow along in consequent weeks for the remaining discussions!
#2) Your Team Needs to Know You Care About Them More than Results.
We understand the undeniable pressure to deliver results—after all, it’s what keeps the paychecks flowing. Guess what? Your employees recognize the need for results too, but there’s an invaluable truth we must acknowledge...
Creating Trusting Environments: Unapologetic Transformations
At Unapologetic we believe in people first, and as a result, we applaud the sincerity and desire to find more support in establishing workplaces rooted in trust. We know firsthand, from our unique experiences and by working side by side with some of the largest industries in the nation, that fostering an environment where employees feel valued, heard, supported, and most of all safe from unnecessary consequences, breeds success for the organization as a whole. Retention increases, motivation and engagement skyrocket…results are over delivered quite simply.
What are the “ingredients'' to Creating Trusting Environments? There are 9 core tenants that need to be demonstrated by the leader(s), and at the risk of skimming the surface on these imperative topics, we’re going to dive into them 1 week at a time. We’re going to share WHY they are important, the HOW to’s, and WHERE Unapologetic can aid in taking you to the mastery level.
#1) Proactively Share Your Expectations, Including What Success Looks Like to You. Then Be Ready to Hear their Expectations of YOU.