Character and Trust: The Difference Maker in Effective Collaboration

Overview

This course examines the foundational role of character and trust in building effective collaboration. While individuals are often hired for their skills and knowledge, they are frequently let go due to behavioral issues—highlighting the importance of character in professional success.

Participants will explore key attributes of character and engage in a thought-provoking self-assessment exercise to increase self-awareness. The course also delves into the dynamics of trust, offering practical tools and frameworks to evaluate trustworthiness—both in oneself and in others, including managers, colleagues, and team members.

Ideal for anyone seeking to strengthen professional relationships, this course provides actionable insights into how character and trust directly impact workplace performance and collaboration.

Prerequisites

None

Objectives

• To gain a better understanding of effective collaboration and how character and trust are foundational
• To gain a better understanding of the critical attributes of character
• To gain self-awareness of one's own character
• To learn an approach in evaluating the character of an individual
• To learn various levels of trust (from individual to societal)
• To understand the different types of trust
• To learn an approach to ascertaining the trustworthiness of you and others
• To learn what a toxic trust environment looks like
• To learn an antibiotic to deal with the toxic trust
• To provide additional perspective to effectively develop collaboration and minimize the adverse consequences of individuals and cultures with character and/or trust issues

 

Highlights

• Definition of Collaboration
• Character Definition
• Critical Character Attributes
• Character Self-Awareness
• Additional Character Identification Techniques
• Trust Definitions
• Waves of Trust
• Four Cores of Trust
• Toxic Trust and Antibiotics