5/10 & 5/17: Build Trust, Examine Systemic Racism:
The Role of Trust Leadership Behaviors
Vivian Jenkins Nelsen, she/her/hers. Owner, The Hypatia Group, Inc.
Co-president, Diversity Institute, Inc.; Co-founder, INTER-RACE
“To have essential conversations about systemic racism, they must be rooted in trust. Trust is the architecture of these essential conversations.”
Trust: firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something. Safe to bring your whole self forward.
Racism: exists when one race or color group:
- intentionally or unintentionally refuses to share power,
- distributes resources inequitably,
- maintains unresponsive institutional policies and procedures,
- imposes ethnocentric culture on any other race-color group for its supposed benefit,
- justifies its action, by blaming the other race-color group.
-Dr. Robert Terry
Trust is critical to effective leadership at all levels and with all customers. Understanding how you developed your trust style is critical to identifying how you encourage trustworthiness in others. Leading in diverse organizations has unique trust challenges and opportunities. We will explore the building blocks of building trust, for yourself first, and then for those you work with and serve.
Objectives
1. Understanding the key elements of trust (in ourselves and others)
2. Learning how trust is vital to achieve authentic engagement
3. Reflecting on the role of trust in achieving equitable outcomes in the workplace
4. Building trust - high trust relationships - high trust organizations
5. Examine systemic racism - what is it? - where does trust fit in? - what is your role?
5/17: The Hearth: A Community Conversation with Vivian Jenkins Nelsen
”Learnings from the 5/10 Essential Conversation”
About
Vivian Jenkins Nelsen is the co-founder (with her late husband George) of INTER-RACE, a diversity think tank located at Augsburg College in Minneapolis. She is nationally recognized as a diversity practitioner, trainer, planner and researcher. Vivian speaks to thousands of people each year on leadership, change, and diversity.
Nelsen serves as a consultant to CEO’s of Fortune 500 companies. Corporate clients include United Health Group, The St. Paul Companies, The Federal Reserve Bank, The Mayo Clinic, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics. She worked with senior executives of major international companies, such as Scandinavian Airlines at the University of Lund Business School in Sweden. She serves many organizations as a planner, facilitator, trainer and board member. Nelsen teaches and publishes on group facilitation, diversity, conflict and grief.
Nelsen was a Bush Leadership Fellow at Harvard University
Nelsen is the former Director of Administration at the Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Vivian served as Director of Human Relations Training for The University of Minnesota and Hamline University
Nelsen has authored eleven books, many articles and essays. She is co-editor of the widely acclaimed book, Ethnic Variations in Dying, Death and Grief: Diversity in Universality
The Carter and Reagan White Houses invited Nelsen to provide her expertise on urban policies; President Ford recognized her resettlement work for Southeast Asian refugees
Governor Jesse Ventura recognized her work with the Governor’s Commendation for Building Bridges Between People.
Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton declared May 9, 2000 Vivian Jenkins Nelsen Day in Minneapolis.
Nelsen served as Co-President of the MN League of Women Voter’s Board. She was Secretary of the MN Science Museum Board and a member of the board of the MacPhail Center for Music. She is past board president of Search Institute and served on the Guthrie Theatre Board. Nelsen was the founding chair of the Minnesota Legislature’s Academic Excellence. Foundation and the Minnesota Chapter of the Political Congress of Black Women.
Essay by Vivian:
“GUILT—Variations on a theme"
Learn more about Vivian:
The Hypatia Group, Inc.
https://centerfpl.com/vivian-jenkins-nelsen
INTERVIEW WITH VIVIAN JENKINS NELSEN & TERRY CHAPMAN
Tools to prepare…
TALKING ABOUT RACE…DEFINITIONS
The TRUST MATRIX
WHAT IS THE ANATOMY OF TRUST?
Contact Vivian for more information about her books
