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Building Trust Public Course

Cultivating trusted relationships in the workplace 

The most successful workplaces and teams are built on a foundation of trust. When employees feel supported, they’re more likely to share innovative ideas, work collaboratively, and stay with the company as they grow in their careers. Blanchard’s Building Trust course is centered around an easy-to-apply and remember trust framework that teaches leaders and their team members how to build trust to increase engagement, creativity, and commitment to the organization.

Course Outcomes

An environment of trust boosts employee motivation, collaboration, and engagement, leading to higher productivity and innovation.

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Improve Performance

Trusted managers create a sense of psychological safety, which motivates employees to maximize their efforts.

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Retain Top Talent

Employees are loyal to managers they trust and more satisfied with their work—making them less likely to leave.

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Foster a Culture of Collaboration

Open communication, idea-sharing, willingness to raise potential red flags, and other collaborative actions flourish in an environment of trust.

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Spark Creativity & Innovation

When employees aren’t afraid to fail, they’re more likely to try out innovative solutions and share creative ideas in the workplace.

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Learning Objectives

Participants will:

  • Understand the Elements of Trust framework
  • Diagnose trust gaps in relationships
  • Know how to build and restore trust
  • Navigate challenging conversations


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Course Details

The Building Trust public course is an instructor-led virtual course with three two-hour virtual sessions. The course includes prework activities and engaging participant materials, videos, and learning activities that teach the elements of Blanchard’s trust framework:

  • Able — demonstrates competence
  • Believable — acts with integrity
  • Connected — cares about others
  • Dependable — honors commitments
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Who Should Attend

This course enables anyone seeking to develop their workplace relationship-building skills:

  • Senior Executives, Managers, and Team Leaders will learn how to build trust that empowers their employees and inspires them to reach their potential
  • Individual Contributors will develop trust-building skills to improve their interactions and collaboration with colleagues and prepare them for future leadership roles
We found that Blanchard’s evidence-based, extensively researched models and frameworks provided the fundamental skills we needed to develop.
Amanda Broadnax, director talent development

Upcoming Building Trust Public Courses

  • United States | Virtual

    April 2 and 9, 2025
    English
    Virtual
    $425 USD/$595 CAD + tax
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  • United States | Virtual

    September 16 and 23, 2025
    English
    Virtual
    $425 USD/$595 CAD + tax
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