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Use book clubs to accelerate trust building
From the course: Creating a Culture That Inspires Your Employees
Use book clubs to accelerate trust building
- Recently at my organization, I took a larger role in coordinating professional development for a new group of managers. Many of these managers were new to their role and new to the team. They needed time together to grow cross-functional relationships. And we needed to scaffold in some professional development. When thinking through options that could hit both targets. I turned to an option from my higher education toolbox. We picked a book and we studied it together. Starting a book club is not a new idea. Lots of companies use book clubs for professional development or to stimulate creative thinking or to cross pollinate personnel. What is novel is leveraging those same book discussions to accelerate, building trust within a team. I want to share a few ways you can cultivate trust in your next book club. First consider the structure, book clubs provide a shared experience, reading the same book, and they…
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