
Building & Sustaining Trust and Active Listening
This session explores the essential skills needed to foster strong relationships and effective communication in professional and personal settings. Participants will learn how trust is built, maintained, and sometimes unintentionally eroded, along with strategies to cultivate credibility and psychological safety. Through interactive exercises, attendees will also develop active listening techniques to enhance understanding, empathy, and collaboration. By the end of the session, participants will be equipped with practical tools to strengthen trust and improve communication for more meaningful and productive interactions.
August 7, 2025
8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Roundtable Topics & Presenters:
Roundtable Host:

Jeff Vilmer
Leadership Development Facilitator & Coach
Jeff is an inspirational people leader, problem-solver and change agent. He cultivates a high-trust environment where he creates challenging, real-time growth opportunities for emerging leaders – formal and informal. Jeff applies a high-touch, adaptive feedback approach based on the Hersey-Blanchard Situational Leadership® Model. Situational leadership is a practical, repeatable process leaders can employ to enhance their effectiveness when attempting to influence others.