253 A leadership framework for trust from Dr Toby Travis

Mar 14, 2022

The first leadership principle is: it’s not about you

Dr Toby Travis believes mission fulfillment with wellbeing is the leadership sweet spot we should be aiming for. And it can’t be done without trust. Engineered from his own experiences in the workplace and doctoral research, Toby has crafted a bridge metaphor to illustrate how the right foundations and materials must be in place for trust to be built. Instead of conceptualising trust, he turns it into an assessable and actionable component of leadership that can create a workplace culture people want to be part of. During our conversation, Dr Toby shares his wise counsel for being a leader that both gives and gets trust.

Why you should listen: Does your corporate culture walk the talk?

• Swap leadership control for team support

We explore trust built on servant leadership

• Outsource your leadership confidence with mentoring
• Repair relationships through leadership humility
• Live your leadership values to inspire trust

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About Dr Toby Travis:

Dr. Travis is the founder of TrustED, a framework for business, organization, and school improvement focused on developing trusted leaders. In addition, he is an Executive Consultant with the Global School Consulting Group, an Adjunct Professor for the International Graduate Program of Educators for the State University of New York College at Buffalo, and an experienced teacher and school administrator, currently serving as the Superintendent of the Village Christian Academy in Fayetteville, NC.

 

As a guest speaker, trainer, and consultant, his work has taken him throughout the United States and Europe, South Asia, Central, and South America.

 

Dr. Travis is the author of the award-winning book “TrustED: The Bridge to School Improvement” - available at Amazon, featured in Forbes, named “Book of The Month” (November), and nominated for “Book of The Year” (2021) by The Magic Pen. Learn more at www.trustedconsulting.org.

 

Connect with Dr Toby Travis on:
www.linkedin.com/in/drtobytravis
www.facebook.com/trustedschoolleader
www.youtube.com/playlist www.twitter.com/TobyATravis

 

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About your podcast host, leadership expert Zoë Routh:

Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical.

Zoë is the author of four books: Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact,  Moments - Leadership when it matters most, Loyalty - Stop unwanted stuff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates, and People Stuff - Beyond Personalities: An advanced handbook for leadership. People Stuff was awarded Book of the Year 2020 by the Smart WFM Australian Business Book Awards.

Zoë is also the producer of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast.

www.zoerouth.com