DRIVEN Blog
When We Assume: A Real Case Study In Workplace Trust and Betrayal, Part 1
Asking questions to better understand a person’s point of view is not as simple as it sounds. It requires the discipline of keeping an open mind. It’s our reflex to project thoughts and feelings onto…
The End Of Assumption: How Genuine Curiosity Can Affect Bias
Building a culture of workplace trust can start with YOU. Yes, you have the ability to leverage your newly-acknowledged Unconscious Bias to build stronger relationships on your team…
Getting Co-Creative: The Art of Becoming Mindful of Your Colleagues’ Emotions
Have you ever noticed that when you learn a new trendy word, you start hearing the word used all the time? A similar thing just happened to me with a car color. The VW Beetle now comes in…
Getting Engaged: How Being Mindful of the Present Can Transform Your Career
Over the first quarter of 2017, you may have picked up on the fact that working in a trust-deficient environment creates a certain social toxicity which places the amygdala on high alert. When this…
How Do YOU Show Up?: A Holistic Look at the Trust Equation, Part 2
Intraoffice trust can be grown when you acquire a baseline assessment of your coworkers’ trustworthiness, and combine it with a wide, historical lens through which to view them individually. My…
Sizing Things Up: A Holistic Look at the Trust Equation
Can you believe that you’ve been exploring Trust with me for nearly ten weeks now? My decision to scrutinize this “small word with HUGE consequences” stems from the recognition that a Culture of Trust…
Self-Orientation: Make It Your Common Denominator
In the quest to understand how trust is cultivated in today’s corporate environment, we’ve been dissecting and distilling down Maister’s Trust Equation. So far, we’ve made quite a few discoveries, not…
Social Intimacy Part II: The Obstacles Between You & Workplace Trust
Think for a moment about your idea of trustworthiness. Which attributes do you require in your colleagues to consider them trustworthy? What qualities do you strive to exhibit to…
Social Intimacy: A Sure Bet For Achieving Workplace Trust
Who knew the simple word “trust” had such a complex, multifaceted connotation?! I began to suspect it after studying Maister’s Trust Equation, which has gone on to become one of my trusty templates…
Reliability: An Action That Truly DOES Speak Louder Than Words
In pondering the Trust Equation, one discovers that words are indispensable for building workplace trust. Words can make the difference between inclusion and exclusion on the part of the…
The Word on Words: How What We Say Dictates Workplace Trust
An efficient and socially healthy workplace is something all managers would love to reside over. Wouldn’t you feel more at-ease knowing that everyone on your team had an understanding…
A Building Block for Workplace Trust: Looking Through Johari’s Window
Along the path toward workplace optimization, it’s wise to be open to some communication techniques that may have seemed radical as recently as last decade. Having already witnessed many…
Setting The Corporate Example, Part II: Mitigating Fear Through Empathy
It’s become clear that valuing your employees for the assets that they are must transcend the abstract. It requires deliberate, outward action and connection on the part of leadership. This is your cue to be…
Setting The Corporate Example: The Importance of Building Trust Among The Home Team
From the perspective of leadership or management, the most progressive outlook you can foster is the acknowledgment that your employees are your greatest assets. Think of it: In line-item…
The Path to Corporate EQ: Trust Is A Must!
In order to compete in the business world, the 21st century corporation must foster a workplace that is not in competition with itself. Hopefully we’ve come to an agreement that trust and being…
The Corporate Game Plan: Taking Real Steps To “Evolutionize” Your Firm in The 21st Century
“And finally, many firms do not have a game plan in place to set stress-eliminating practices into motion.” -From DRIVEN’s article “Preventing A Workplace Disease”, July 2016Six months ago, I launched an…
Leveraging Friendships In Business: 5 Tips For The Good-Intentioned
Warren Buffet once implied in a quote that, as a company, when you don’t consider hiring women, you’re limiting yourself to half the talent. Now, think of this in terms of business network contacts. Are you…
Business Development: Why Trust Is Such A Big Deal
What is the first thing someone does when considering working with you? They look online. And what they are searching for is what others have to say about you – are you a trusting person they…
I'm All Ears: The Two-Way Street of Workplace Feedback
What’s the most important thing we’re not engaging in with our colleagues? The answer, as 70 guests discovered at last Tuesday’s WAC Community Event, is right in front of our eyes, and relates to a segment of communication that most of us understand to be vital to progress, but which we steer clear of as…