026 | Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Building Workplace Relationships

Women of Faith in Leadership - Kingdom Leadership, Workplace Organisational culture, Christian women

**Podcast Announcement**

From this week 30 October 2023, I will only be uploading 2 episodes per week. This is due to prioritising building my business The Workplace Culture Hub. The Lord has provided me with an amazing opportunity to participate in business coaching, to grow my business, but I need to commit some time to this. I also won't give up my time with my family (been there, done that!). I do however need to continue with my mission and my calling and that is the podcast. Thank you for listening! I appreciate YOU!

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Today's episode

Building relationships are important, we spend a lot of time with people at work.

I recently read an article that said ‘Stop referring to people at work as your family, they are not!

My initial thought was, oh no, I told the people on my podcast to do exactly that!

However, I realised when I read the article that the person got hurt at work, was treated unfairly and is feeling hurt over that.

The reality is that yes, they are not your blood family, but you do spend a significant amount of time with them and thinking of them as family, can sometimes just help you navigate those tough workplace relationships and think differently about these people you are working with.

In essence, how can you just work with someone and not create a relationship, even just a professional one? We’re not robots, we have feelings, they have feelings, and we’re all human.

We CAN and should have compassion for one another.

Now let’s look at the INSPIRE framework. You can take notes or simply download the pdf I created for you.

• I - Integrity in Actions and Decision-making
• N - Nurturing Communication and Collaboration
• S - Supporting a Positive and Inclusive Team Culture
• P - Promoting Team Development and Growth
• I - Inspiring Achievements and Motivation
• R - Resolving Conflict and Building Resilience
• E - Empowering and Engaging Team Members

Access the PDF here, share this with your team, and your leadership team and let them know, you are committed. You want to INSPIRE them.

I hope this will help you to build those relationships and also for your team to build relationships with each other.

You women of faith in leadership, you are amazing, I love you and God bless.

• Relationship Building Online Course
• From Conflict to Collaboration Online Course

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