Ask your team or staff to share whether they believe trust is an organizational value.

Provide opportunities for employees to share ways that they see that value operationalized. This ensures accountability loops and creates space for your organization to feel heard and have their feedback valued. See our tool under the Connectedness and Trust module for our 25 Questions to Ask About Organizational Trust survey.

Revise feedback processes to focus on measurable skills and outcomes, providing fair and actionable guidance.

Emphasizing job-related competencies and clear, specific outcomes in feedback reduces biases and promotes objective evaluation. Employees are empowered to understand expectations and take actionable steps to improve—offering Black women greater opportunities for advancement and fostering a culture of trust. This approach enhances job satisfaction and productivity, reduces turnover, and builds a supportive environment that promotes growth across the organization.

Adopt transparent decision-making as a team value. 

Cultivate a team and organizational practice of sharing both the outcomes of decisions and the processes by which the decisions were made. The more transparency the better.