"I believe that trust and positive relationships among colleagues foster a more enjoyable work environment where employees, myself included, feel more encouraged to do their best. Every time I start a new position, or if we have a new member join our team, I make a point to get to know each person with which I'll be working. It's important to feel that we're able to go to one another with a question or a challenge so we can problem-solve and support each other as a team. For example, I used to manage the tour program at my previous organization. At first, I did all of the tours myself, because I didn't know my colleagues well enough to feel comfortable asking them to help me with such a big task. Eventually, I wasn't able to accept all of the tours that were requested, because so many were coming in at once. At this point, I had strong relationships with several people around my office and finally asked for help. Just from those connections and that willingness to help out, we were able to accept all of the requests we'd received without significantly impacting anyone's schedule. I ended up having people reach out and ask me if they could give a tour, because they'd heard of how much fun they were!"