Trust.....

On last week’s virtual Community of Practice call, the issue of trust was discussed as several teams within the five schools have selected Component C: Fosters a Culture of Trust for their goal for this spring.  Dr. Erin Anderson asked a question of the group, “What can we4 do during team meetings to encourage trust?”  I have to share that this issue of trust has even caused me to stay up at night.  Trust is an elusive concept that we know is critical to team success.  Even building out the collaborative inquiry toolkit, it was difficult to find resources about trust.
 
Given this question, I did go back and look at various resources listed under Component C of the Collaborative Inquiry Toolkit website.  To help answer Erin’s question, I want to point us back to those resources and ask if you have any other great resources to share to send them my way.   Here’s the link to Component C of the Collaborative Inquiry Toolkit: http://www.mnpscollaboration.org/component-c-culture-of-trust.html.
 
Some resources I want to spotlight are:

• Blanchard, K. (2010). Building trust.  
• Center for Courage and Renewal Circle of Trust: Touchstones for Safe and Trustworthy Space
• Covey, S. M. R. (2006). The speed of trust: The one thing that changes everything. Resources (videos, pdfs, etc.)
• Creating a High Trust Organization
• Hitch, C. (2012). How to build trust in an organization. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School.
• How to Build a Corporate Culture of Trust
• Lewicki, R. & Tomlinson, E. (2003). Trust and trust building.
• Mayfield, P. (n.d.) Six steps to building trust in the workplace. Monster website.
• MNPS SEL Organization on Blackboard

 
How about you and your team?  How do you build trust?  Do you have other great resources to add to the toolkit?
 
If so, please email them to Margie Johnson at margie.johnson@mnps.org.