1. Rebuilding bridges…establishing a relationship of trust.
SHOW ME THE WELCOME:
Rebuilding bridges…establishing a relationship of trust.
Engage West Staff Edition (EWSE)
October 5, 2018
Deirdre Rouse, MS
Director of diversity education & community initiatives
Center for Diversity & Inclusion

3. Objectives Share examples of building bridges in the workplace.
Discuss strategies for improving communication to create a welcoming environment.
Increase knowledge of team building.

4. GROUND RULES

5. Engage!
Mingle

7. What happens when one does not feel welcome?

8. Everyone Has a Story in Life
A 24 year old boy seeing out from the train’s window shouted… “Dad, look the trees are going behind!” Dad smiled and a young couple sitting nearby, looked at the 24 year old’s childish behavior with pity, suddenly he again exclaimed… “Dad, look the clouds are running with us!” The couple couldn’t resist and said to the old man… “Why don’t you take your son to a good doctor?” The old man smiled and said…“I did and we are just coming from the hospital, my son was blind from birth, he just got his eyes today.” Every single person on the planet has a story. Don’t judge people before you truly know them. The truth might surprise you.

9. Lack of Trust Individuals are less likely to ask for or offer help
more likely to make mistakes
make assumptions about interactions with their colleagues.
Little trust =dysfunction
Seek support and others strengths
Willing share skills
Produce increased quality work/product
More agreeable / respectful
More trust = productivity/ higher functioning
Lencioni, 2002)

10. “There’s no team without trust” –
Paul Santanga, Head of Industry at Google

12. Welcoming Environment
Heard, involved, supported, and respected
Respectful exchange of ideas, perspectives, and opinions
Fair discussion of issues, and mutually respectful conversations
©2018 Kathy Obear, Center for Transformation & Change |

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15. Engage! me

16. Influencing/perspective ∆
Solutions
Problems
Solutions
Influencing/perspective ∆
Strategizing
Self reflection
Sabotaging
Complaining

17. why relationships with co-workers job stress satisfaction
lifestyle
health
morale and engagement
team spirit and job satisfaction
stress
relationships with co-workers
why

18. Engage!
Self reflection

19. How do you welcome west?

21. CDI ~Row Hall East www.westga.edu/diversity
UWG Support
Center for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI)
Location: Row Hall, East Wing, 2nd Floor
Telephone:
Website:
Ombud Office
Dr. Robert Schaefer
Tahirih Varner
Strozier Hall/Room 218
Telephone:
Website:
president/ombuds/index.phphhttps
Social Equity Officer & Title IX Coordinator
Dr. Claudia Lyerly
Human Resources- Aycock Hall
Phone:
Office of Community engagement:
Dr. Melanie McClellan
Human Resources
Aycock Hall
Presidential Commission on Campus Inclusion (PCCI) – Presidents website under Engage West-
Staff Advisory Council (SAC)
Chair: Emily Teitelbaum Website:  
Faculty Senate
Julia Farmer, Chair of the Senate
Safe Zone Training
Contact: Lo Denmon In CDI (row hall 2nd floor ) ~
or a member of the Responsible Sexuality Committee
Green Zone Training
Center for Adult Learners and Veterans UCC Room 311 (678) (678)
Immediate supervisor
CDI ~Row Hall East

22. Resources
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Diverse Issue in Higher Education
Turn the Tide- Kathy Obear