--- title: February 2020 Tero International eZine --- ![ezine-february-banner-2020](https://info.tero.com/hubfs/ezine-february-banner-2020.jpg "ezine-february-banner-2020") Honesty and trust often go hand-in-hand. You need one to gain the other, right? Fostering an environment of honesty in the workplace encourages accountability among coworkers. According to Entrepreneur, most workplaces have policies that are intended to uphold honest and ethical business practices. They list three negative effects that result when honesty isn't a priority.   1. Dishonesty disrupts employee performance 2. Organizations experience greater turnover 3. It's damaging to the bottom line   Take the time to think about the value honesty holds in your workplace environment. Could it be improved? Find the tools to build trust in honesty at work by exploring the February eZine. Take a quiz to really test your knowledge, watch the latest Tero Tips and read an article that explores the fundamentals of a trusting work environment.   [![Quiz (2)](https://info.tero.com/hubfs/Quiz%20(2).jpg "Quiz (2)")](https://www.tero.com/articles/importance-of-workplace-communication.php) ### Featured Article: Are you helping to foster an environment of trust in your office? In 2016, Karyn Twaronite [published the results of a survey](https://hbr.org/2016/07/a-global-survey-on-the-ambiguous-state-of-employee-trust) in the Harvard Business Review. Her company surveyed workers aged 19-68 in eight different countries. They found that fewer than half of those workers had a great deal of trust in their employers. In addition, 15% reported having very little or no trust in their employers.[Continue reading...](https://www.tero.com/articles/importance-of-workplace-communication.php) [![Quiz](https://info.tero.com/hubfs/Quiz.jpg "Quiz")](https://www.tero.com/quiz/?q=Honesty-%26-Lying) ## Test Your Knowledge This month's Tero **quiz covers honesty and lying**. Find our what you think you know about lying by taking this true or false quiz! The results might surprise you. [![Take Quiz](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/6449256/56a1564a-237e-45bc-a3b1-d2730d8c8271.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/6449256/56a1564a-237e-45bc-a3b1-d2730d8c8271) [![iob_employee-entitlement-quiz](https://info.tero.com/hubfs/iob_employee-entitlement-quiz.jpg "iob_employee-entitlement-quiz")](https://insightadvertising.typepad.com/insight_on_business/2020/01/business-personal-honesty-with-tero-international.html) ### IOB Podcast: Business & Personal Honesty Chief Learning Officer Deborah Rinner joins Insight on Business's Michael Libbie to discuss honesty, reputation management, business transparency and much more.    [![Listen to the IOB Podcast](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/6449256/6075d0f0-e0cc-4a35-b4ff-e74ffd3bb534.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/6449256/6075d0f0-e0cc-4a35-b4ff-e74ffd3bb534) ### Long-Term Success of a Leader is Largely Determined by Those Who Follow So, how can you position yourself as a successful leader with that perspective. What if they don't do it right? What if they mess up? What if they don't get it done at all? What if the outcome is not up to your standards? Watch the video below for an amazing opportunity to acquire skills to make your life easier.   [![Find Immediate Tools To Better Motivate & Delegate May 21 - Limited Seating](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/6449256/43e3b2e1-9e7b-4a05-badf-4144207bebe9.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/6449256/43e3b2e1-9e7b-4a05-badf-4144207bebe9)   ## Tero Tips: **How To Establish Trust** **In The Workplace** **Does your workplace culture support honesty**? We all hope... no we expect those we work with to be honest with us. Many people hope those in positions of power are being honest in their work and doing what's best for the company and the employees. Honesty builds trust, so when the truth isn't the truth how does that affect your work? ## Not The Trusting Type Listen to a snippet of the award-winning *Your Invisible Toolbox* audible! According to Harvard University's Institute of Politics **millennials trust only two major societal institutions**... can you guess what they are? ### Tero Tips: How To Boost Confidence ### We are not born confident. That's a fact. However, you can work to master your confidence and believe in your skills and show that confidence even in the workplace! # Check Out Upcoming Tero Workshops! [![1](https://info.tero.com/hubfs/1.jpg "1")](https://www.tero.com/public-workshops/tapping-internal-motivation-art-of-delegation.php) Delegation and motivation are areas in which many leaders struggle. In this interactive one-day workshop you'll acquire tools that are immediately applicable to a wide range of leadership situations.   **Join us at the Tero Learning Center** **February 20, 2020.**    [![Learn More About Tapping](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/6449256/4ac77d40-66b0-4818-bc06-4c249fdd7d68.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/6449256/4ac77d40-66b0-4818-bc06-4c249fdd7d68) [![2](https://info.tero.com/hubfs/2.jpg "2")](https://www.tero.com/public-workshops/impact-how-to-speak-your-way-to-success.php) We communicate all day, every day. Effective presentation skills, whether one-on-one or to groups, rank high on the lists of qualities identified for success in the workplace. Yet, in spite of the strong awareness we seem to have for the importance of presentation skills, the average person does not present well.   **Join us at the Tero Learning Center** **March 4-5, 2020**   [![Learn More About Impact](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/6449256/bc2aa4dc-131f-4711-8e05-f7ee3c3c367b.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/6449256/bc2aa4dc-131f-4711-8e05-f7ee3c3c367b) [![3](https://info.tero.com/hubfs/3.jpg "3")](https://www.tero.com/public-workshops/influence-how-to-achieve-winning-outcomes.php) Tero's interactive Influence workshop, participants learn and apply the steps and skills used by the most successful communicators that lead to winning outcomes.   **Join us at the Tero Learning Center** **March 24-25, 2020**   [![Learn More About Influence](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/6449256/97b0f898-234f-48bc-a7cc-c1694c1bbb4a.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/6449256/97b0f898-234f-48bc-a7cc-c1694c1bbb4a) [![View All Upcoming 2020 Public Tero Workshops](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/6449256/a55652ff-860f-49b6-abc1-eecfdea8c077.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/6449256/a55652ff-860f-49b6-abc1-eecfdea8c077)   ![inspo 02-20-1](https://info.tero.com/hubfs/inspo%2002-20-1.jpg "inspo 02-20-1") # About Us Since 1993, Tero International has earned a distinguished reputation as a premier interpersonal skills research and corporate training company. 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