Making Trust Happen!

"Making Trust Happen!" is an impactful book written for facilitators. Authors Dr. Jerome S. Paige and Dr. Cynthia O. Pace share their views on trust's ineffability by illustrating how "trust" co-appears with self-trusting, trustworthiness, trust relationships, and trust structures. We can make trust happen! And when trust happens, the relationships among team members are strengthened, second-guessing is eliminated, and organizational life is easier and more productive.

"Making Trust Happen!" is an impactful book written for facilitators. Authors Dr. Jerome S. Paige and Dr. Cynthia O. Pace share their views on trust's ineffability by illustrating how "trust" co-appears with self-trusting, trustworthiness, trust relationships, and trust structures. We can make trust happen! And when trust happens, the relationships among team members are strengthened, second-guessing is eliminated, and organizational life is easier and more productive. When trust happens, ease of being is created. So, how do we make trust happen and create that ease of being? Throughout the book, the authors contemplate this question as they: • Find that trust has an "ineffable" quality. "You-know- it-when-you-see-it" or "don't-see-it." • Explore how these five dimensions of trust interact to create a sixth one, systemic trust. • Discover that trust's elusiveness dissipates once we understand its V + 1 perspectives. • Learn tools to think and talk about "trust" and how to experience and create it. • Discover that "trust" is a skill, and we can enhance our ability and capacity to operate out of each trust dimension. • Develop a "moment-by-moment" recognition of our "trust perspectives" and those of others as we interact. • Realize that trust is a choice, which is good news because, at each moment, we can get better at choosing — to trust or not. • Make trust happen!

DR. JEROME S. PAIGE is an economics, business, and organizational consultant, with over 40 years of experience in higher education, public sector, and non-profit organizations. He holds a master's and a doctorate in economics from the American University and a B.A. degree in economics from Howard University. He is the principal in his firm, Jerome S. Paige & Associates, LLC. Dr. Paige is a "Five Behaviors Authorized Partner"® and a "DiSC® Certified Trainer." He is also a trained meditation instructor in the tradition of iRest® (Integrative Restoration) and offers meditation workshops. Jerome S. Paige & Associates provides organizational consulting services in strategic planning, business development, performance measurement & management, and change management. We assist them in demonstrating how they create and deliver value. Since we bring a fresh perspective to organizational performance, we provide leaders and managers with clear and easily graspable concepts to apply to ensure their organizations are mission-driven, opportunity-seeking, outcomes-based, and results-oriented. A key focus of our organizational consulting work is around the four elements of "trust" -- mind states, behaviors, relationships, and structures. Why? Fast-moving and change-focused organizations do not have time for "second-guessing," and since "trust" helps eliminate "second-guessing," it becomes for us "the glue that holds an organization together." Thus, the importance of Wiley's "The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team" in our work. We approach "trust" as if it's an "inherent quality." "Trust" Happens!" when its dimensions align, and we help organizations attain that alignment.