Virtual Lab: Leadership & Half Truths

Leadership & Half Truths

Trust between leaders and their teams is the cornerstone of a collaborative culture, in which commitment, accountability, and innovation flourish. Much of what is discussed at the senior level requires confidentiality to allow for adequate research and planning—despite the fact that results may directly and/or indirectly affect employees. Budget cuts, layoffs, promotions, and even personal challenges experienced by individual team members can disrupt team equilibrium.

When is it appropriate to mislead the team through omission or outright deception?
How can leaders effectively recover from a perceived breach of trust?
What can leaders do to push past their own stress and anxiety around balancing the competing responsibilities of preserving trust, carrying secrets, and maintaining poise?

Key Take-Aways
In this lab, you will learn:

• How to identify practical strategies for sustaining healthy team culture
• The importance of emotional intelligence and its applications in building trust 
• How to explore pragmatic approaches to conflict management
• How to increase your self-confidence and ability to perform proactively

Thank you to our facilitator:

Joscelyn Davis is the President & CEO of JADE Strategies. She has over 25 years of public, private, and nonprofit sectors in which she has facilitated organizational change management, leadership training, and team development. As an award-winning leadership coach, Joscelyn has led hundreds of training sessions on collaborative cultures, high-functioning teams, strengths-based leadership, strategic planning, business etiquette, emotional intelligence, and personal branding. She is also an Inforum Executive Member, and Inforum Leadership Program facilitator. 

About Inforum Virtual Labs
Inforum Virtual Labs are online, interactive and skills-based workshops that bring real-world perspective from a practitioner with deep expertise in a particular field or subject. The labs are designed with top-notch instruction, and selected to complement leadership development at different stages of careers. Participants will walk away with new information and a concrete personal action plan that carries the learning into workplace practice.