151 - Building Culture by Bridging the Trust Gap with David Mead

David Mead is made for this podcast - and not because he's a speaker, consultant, and communicator...

David's commitment and insights into leadership have taken him across the world, where he coaches teams and leaders towards closer relationships, stronger cultures, and genuine trust.

In this episode, we explore what it means to build trust, create consistency, and stepping up into our responsibilities.

David is an inspiring professional speaker on company culture and leadership today - and you get to enjoy an hour of his wisdom for free. 

Find out about:

• How dissonance between our words and actions sow the seeds of distrust
• Why leaders need to double down on integrity and responsibility
• How to design workshops that set and meet your participants' expectations
• The three character traits we display that signal we are trustworthy
• What it means to "show up to give" and why this changes everyone's experience of your workshop
• How to find inspiration and prompts to implement behaviour change

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Questions and Answers

[01:10] When did you start calling yourself a facilitator?

[02:26] Does your facilitation practice sit alongside your work as a trainer?

[03:50] What (and when) was it that changed your mindset from trainer to facilitator?

[06:08] What do you think the 'old' you as a salesman could learn from you as a facilitator?

[07:44] And is there anything you've learned from training and sales that applies to your facilitation?

[10:41] What's the story behind your interest in 'the trust gap' - what actually is it?

[17:07] How do you approach bridging the trust gap? Lowering expectations or doing the hard work?

[28:48] How do the traits of leadership apply to facilitation, if we feel our workshop has not delivered on its intentions?

[33:00] Where do you draw the line when it comes to taking responsibility for a workshop's success?

[37:49] What makes a workshop fail?

[40:09] Can we train ourselves to carry more leadership traits, or is it a matter of maturity and time?

[44:43] Do you have any exercises that someone can practice to develop these leadership traits?

[49:11] What is your 'why'?

[49:30] What would be the one piece of advice you'd give to facilitators, leaders, and coaches about bridging the trust gap?#

[52:14] Was there anything else you wanted to share that we haven't discussed yet?

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