S4E3: Building Trust in Teams

Trust is the foundation of a healthy team, and without it, teams lack the tools for constructive conflict, commitment to goals, mutual accountability, and major results. In this episode of This Meeting Sucks, we’re going to walk you through the second phase in our MeetingMakers Framework: Building Trust. Trust doesn’t just happen. Like any relationship, you have to cultivate trust—a trusting team is one that thrives in the face of an obstacle.

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EPISODE RESOURCES:
Work Styles and Team Profile SessionLab Agenda
Work Styles and Team Profile Template Package
Jan Keck’s Icemelters (book) 
Help Your Meetings Work I—Verbal Tools (S3E4)
Our blogs on energizers

🔎 Explore the MeetingMakers Framework

Chapters

• 0:00 Episode Intro
• 1:19 Story / Use Case
• 3:06 The Importance of Trust
• 6:07 Building Trust With Your Team
• 7:48 Agenda Walkthrough
• 9:33 Energizer
• 10:17 Personal Profile
• 12:10 Where do you stand?
• 20:21 Online Variation
• 21:15 energizer 2
• 24:57 Review and Reflection
• 26:36 Episode Wrap-up