Trusting People: Security & Comfort Vs Risks & Pain

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Trusting People Security & Comfort vs Risks and Pain
By Guy L. De Furia PhD

This book explains the dynamics of interpersonal trust, the benefits of high trust relationships and the consequences of low trust relationships.
The venues where trust dynamics unfold are each described in a separate chapter: Self Trust, Trust in Friendships, Trust in Marriage or Civil Union, Trust among Family Members, Trust in Schools, Trust in the Work Setting and Trusting Strangers. The Trust Questionnaire provides the reader with a paragraph which describes the individual's propensity to help or hinder trust.
What is Interpersonal Trust How are intent and ability important Are values good predictors of trustworthiness What are the benefits of high trust and consequences of low trust Does trust affect a person's perception of reality The benefits to risk approach to trusting someone. What are the behaviors that build trust and those that destroy trust When should you end a damaging relationship Do men and women have differing priorities in what behaviors trigger feelings of comfort and security in interpersonal relationship Can trustworthiness be faked
The Self Trust chapter includes topics: What is Self-trust What are my values Where do my expectations come from How does strategic planning relate to self-trust How to develop a Personal Strategic Plan
Trust in Friendships includes topics: What is friendship trust What does self-disclosure have to do with trust How do you develop goals and expectations for friendship trust Do men and women differ in what they expect in trust relationships What are the signs of high or low trust friendships Can trustworthiness be faked
Trust in Marriage or Civil Union includes topics: Signs of committed relationships high versus low in trust. How to increase you significant other's trust. What is the process of building and maintaining trust Included are examples of relationships in jeopardy and proposed solutions.
Trust within a Family includes: What is it How do trust roles change over time How important are motives and ability What are the expectations of children, siblings, parents Will parents with very different values hinder the establishment of familial trust
Trust in Schools has information useful to teachers and school administrators. It includes information about establishing and maintaining trust relationships between principal and teacher, teacher and parents, plus teacher and students. Topics include requirements for trust, community values impact trust relationships, improving student trustworthiness, and consequences of ignoring undesirable trust behavior.
Trust in the Work Setting identifies the four ingredients required of trust in the work setting. Other topics include: organizational trust and company profits, six places where trust is impactful: ownership level, ownership level and employees, senior leadership and line supervisors, line supervisors and employees, workers and coworkers, plus the organization and customers. Why do workers fail to meet management's expectations Also included are behavior norms, authoritarian leadership, benefits of high organizational trust, how supervisors can build trust with employees, recovering from low trust, format for a team building meeting, and building trust with customers.
Trusting Strangers answers the following questions: Should I trust a stranger How should I relate to strangers How can I determine if I should trust this stranger What has trust got to do with voting When does trusting a stranger become unwise or dangerous
Exercises: All chapters include exercises which purposes are to encourage the reader to consciously identify the "keep able information" from the chapter and provide meaningful questions for group discussion. There are 56 exercises.

Author Bio

Author Bio
Guy L. De Furia PhD
Affiliations: Member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) by the PMI.

Education:
Ph.D. Management Science & Organizational Psychology, 1996, St. John's University.
Management Science & Organizational Psychology, all but dissertation, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1970-1975.
M.A. General Experimental Psychology, Fairleigh Dickenson University, 1969.
B.A. Psychology, Rutgers University, 1967.
Organizational Development & Effectiveness Certification, U.S Army Organizational Effectiveness School & Center, 1980.
Advanced Organizational Development & Human Resources Course, Columbia University, 1982.

Publications: Books
Should I Trust You Important Questions to Ask, Create Space Independent Publishing, 2015.
Project Management - Recipes for Success, Taylor & Francis Publishing, 2009.
Doctoral Dissertation, A Behavioral Model of Interpersonal Trust, St. John's University, 1996
U.S. Marine Corps Manpower Requirements Determination Program manual, 1984, Principal Author.
Handbook of Cost Benefit Analysis, Military District of Washington, 1978.
Basic Business Mathematics, De Furia Associates, circa 1990.

Publication: Articles for ESI Horizons
"Standard Deviation as a Measure of Schedule Risk"
"How to Set and Use Project Control Limits" Part 1.
"How to Control Your Project, Setting and Using Control Limits" Part 2.
"Adding Risk to Project Estimates: PERT Vs Monte Carlo"
"How to Estimate Risk Probabilities".

Professional Experience:
Retired: Writing books2015 - Present
Educational Services Institute (ESI)Instructor1993-2015
Taught following courses: Managing Projects; Scheduling and Cost Control; Risk; Leadership, Management & Communications; Project Planning, Analysis & Control; Project Management Applications.
Delta Consulting Associates/Principal1986-1993
De Furia Consulting Associates
Assessment, design, marketing, implementation and evaluation of following efforts for government and private sector clients: Strategic Planning; Organizational Structuring; Career Development; Leadership Transitions: Performance Management Counseling; Communications and Supervisor/Subordinate Team Building. Lectured and published on "How to achieve Successful Organizational Development Consulting; The Management of Change, Organization Structuring; and the Training Specialist as an Agent of Change.

Hay Systems, Inc.Director of HR Consulting1986-1988
Responsible for marketing, analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation of executive level training and organizational development efforts. Project Director for methods and policy for determining all Marine Corps non-combat manpower requirements. This included mission analysis, organizational structure analysis, occupational specialty and grade analysis, work measurement, multiple regression analysis, methods improvement and manpower standards development. Project included the writing of the Marine Corps Manpower Requirements Determination Manual.

HQ Depart of Army, Pentagon, Senior OD Consultant1978-1985
Marketing, assessment, design, implementation and evaluation of following efforts: Strategic Planning, Organizational Structuring, Management/Leadership Transitions, Organizatioal Culture, Task Force Management, Conflict Resolution, Career Development, Performance Management and Team Building.

Mil Dist. of Wash Team Leader Management Analyst1976-1978
Responsible for organization and management of survey teams which purposes were to identify problems and develop plans for achieving work flow, cost and management improvements plus the determination of manpower requirements.Comptroller official for the review of all proposals including cost benefit analysis and statements of work to convert civilian functions to private sector contract. Wrote the Military District of Washington Handbook of Economic Analysis.

Army Electronics CommandManagement Analyst1974-1976