176. Building Trusting Relationships at Work with Deborah Ancona

Strong Leaders Serve with Teri Schmidt

Do you sometimes struggle to build trusting relationships in your workplace, especially with the distance of remote and hybrid work?

You're not alone. In this episode, I talked with MIT Professor Deborah Ancona about the essential skills of inquiry, advocacy, and connecting that leaders can use to foster trust inside and outside their organizations.

Discover the power of balancing these skills in a distributed leadership model, and learn practical steps to cultivate strong external networks. Listen to find out how these strategies can enhance team dynamics and drive exceptional results.

Resources:

• X-Teams: How to build teams that lead, innovate, and succeed
• X360 and XChange simulation
• Professor Ancona's LinkedIn

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