The culmination of nearly three decades of research, Collective Trust offers new insight and practical knowledge on the social construction of trust for school improvement. The authors argue that collective trust is not merely an average trust score for a group, but rather an independent concept with distinctive origins and consequences. The book demonstrates that schools are organizations that require environments characterized by high levels of collective trust to be effective. Including an historical overview, an exhaustive review of the empirical research, and implications for school reform policy and leadership, this is the most comprehensive resource to date on the issue of collective trust.

Collective trusts funds and other commingled funds comprise a major--and rapidly growing--segment of the asset management and pension fields. However, to date, little guidance has been available to practitioners for the day-to-day issues and problems they may confront in dealing with these investment vehicles. Collective Trusts and Other Commingled Funds: Law and Regulation addresses this need by providing a comprehensive explanation of collective and common trust funds, their structure and operations, and the extensive regulatory framework governing them. In addition, the book provides extensive primary source materials as appendices.

This book presents a powerful model for using relational trust, cultural humility, and appreciation of diverse perspectives to build learning communities that collectively uplift all students and all members of the learning community.

This book has two purposes. First, it is fundamentally about groups at work, both as they attempt to accomplish their goals and as they operate in organizational settings. Second, it draws together group researchers from social psychological and organizational studies. Each chapter focuses on a central issue regarding groups as they work and examines that issue by drawing from both social psychological and organizational research. Thus, this book centers on the convergence and divergence of these two fields.

Explore the powerful synergy between your credibility with students and your collective efficacy as a member of a team. When you increase your credibility with students, student motivation rises. And when you partner with other teachers to achieve this, students learn more. This one-stop resource illuminates the connection between teacher credibility and collective efficacy and offers specific actions educators can take to improve both. It includes: Tips for becoming more trustworthy, competent, and responsive in the eyes of students Tools for teams to use to polish their collective effectiveness through better communication and problem-solving Coaching videos that challenge teachers to improve teacher practice and grow professionally

Building trust on a team is one of the greatest challenges faced by project managers. This article explains how project managers can earn trust with project team members. In doing so, it identifies characteristics and behaviors essential for creating trust with team members. In addition, it lists four requirements for building trust.