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RE: TRUST, is this an outmoded concept or should we encourage ourselves and others to generate and engender it?
This is a fascinating and thought provoking article. I'm convinced that trust is the most underrated factor in the success of teams and organisations but it is also one of the most elusive and challenging to cultivate, taking months and sometimes years to intentionally move into a trusting place relationally with people. In Western culture the move towards individualism and particularly the relative nature of people's experience in a post-modern culture make social fragmentation increasingly more acute. Interesting to see where we go. Feel like I've only scratched the surface...
Thanks for the reply Jonny! Yes, the article was really only designed to prick people's thoughts. Trust is an enormous problem on many levels. As a relatively old git on this platform, though not the oldest(!) I have seen a huge amount of healthy mistrust increasingly exercised. Were people to behave as I was raised, they would spend a lot of time getting their face off the floor! It is a sad indictment of society. I used to run Team Building events in London and so have seen the good, the bad and the ugly!
Thanks for the reply - replies are manna from heaven, you will find.
Have a great day and hoping we can beat India in the third 20/20!!
Gosh you must have seen quite a bit and have some horror stories! I'll certainly be keeping an eye on the third 20/20 though. Like you say, most people end up on the floor acting like victims rather than developing powerful resilience to actually make necessary change. Don't know about you but it feels like offense is one of the biggest hurdles to people getting over themselves. I'd be fascinated to hear more of how you got into team building in a place like London....
Horror stories I have seen ... many!
I had an Event Management company in the 90s, Force 10 Events. It was a corporate event company with a stress upon change management. I did a lot of fun events with Mars, Deutsche Bank, The Post Office, Xerox (XBS) and others. Team building was a big part of the offering. I called it change management rather than team building as it was focussed upon business success through team building.
England losing wickets ...
Wow sounds fascinating! It's funny that you were in that realm of work as it's a field I'd love to end up in down the line - although less on the event side of things and more with the leadership development. I'm currently a pastor but the same team principles apply where ever you are to be honest! Haven't checked the score for a while...
That is all very funny! I used to go to St Paul's Onslow Sq., you might well know of HTB, the big brother (very big).
Anyway, England lost 8wkts for 8 runs. Devising and running events was my favourite role ever. I was more the architect and my business partner was the logistics - ex-Irish Guards! We had a great thing going. Happy to give you more detail on another format. [[email protected]]