Part A: Building, Maintaining, and Regaining TrustWrite a story about how you inspire trust, indicating how you gain the confidence and trust of others, express your own views openly, and treat people fairly in your workplace environment. In this story, describe specific examples of how you are able to inspire trust. (16 marks)Describe a situation in your workplace environment where trust was “broken” between you and another employee. Analyze the situation by bringing in the theory from the readings on regaining trust. Outline specifically what you did to regain trust with this employee. (15 marks)Part B: Fostering CollaborationDescribe three examples of how you facilitate relationships within your workplace environment, including a description of the context, the players, and the challenges. (15 marks)Comment on the following statement: “Common purpose binds people into cooperative efforts” (The Leadership Challenge, p.230) In your commentary, indicate the importance of this focus and its impact on the organization. (12 marks)Part C: Leveraging Diversity and Strengthening OthersUsing a workplace example, explain in your own words your understanding of, and value of, diversity. (10 marks)Describe a workplace situation where you witnessed, or were part of the decision that lead to, the effective utilization of the diversity and potential of your co-workers.What kind of diversity was involved in this situation?What specific strategies were used to determine the potential of you and your co-workers?What were the outcomes of this situation? (16 marks)Kouzes & Posner in The Leadership Challenge, on page 243, identify two leadership essentials that strengthen others. These essentials are:Enhance self-determinationDevelop competence and confidenceChoose one of these essentials to describe how the leaders, or the human resources department, in your workplace environment, encouraged, assisted and coached you, or another employee, in developing leadership skills. (16 marks)
