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e. What prevents you from being more open and honest in this
organization?
f. Which person in this organization do you perceive as feeling
the most positive toward you right now? Why do you feel
that this person feels positive about you?
g. Which person in this organization do you perceive as feeling
the most negative about you right now? Why do you feel
that this person is having negative feelings toward you?
2. Rate each of your organization members on a 5-point scale
according to how much trust you feel toward him or her. Use “1” to
indicate “very little” and “5” to indicate “very much.”
Name Rating
a.___________________________ _____
b.___________________________ _____
c.___________________________ _____
d.___________________________ _____
Etc.

Total Score ________
Total Score Average Score = (Total Score/N) _____

3. For those individuals to whom you have given low trust ratings, list
several ways in which:
a. You can change your behavior to increase your feelings of
trust toward them.
b. They might behave to allow you to feel more trust toward
them.

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Exercise 6: Conditions that Lead to Conflict or Trust

Instructions: This activity is designed to help you locate the
conditions in any organization that help or hinder the growth of trust,
and identify those conditions that apply to your specific organization.
By completing this activity, you should be able to assess the trust
level in your organization and help bring about a higher level of
trusting others and cooperating more fully in organizational tasks.

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