The Training Centre Team's Declaration of Interdependence                

- a statement which will continue to evolve

We the work-team..

Who share respect and concern for one another, the organisations in which we work and the people we help train and develop, do hereby declare and pledge our interdependence

DECLARATION OF RESPECT

Equality begins here, with me

I will treat all my colleagues in the way I would like to be treated. I will actively seek and practise respect with every-one, including those who are not like me. I will seek, first, to be understand, then to be understood

DECLARATION OF DIVERSITY

We are as one.

Our diversity serves our work team. We learn from each other. We support, and are supported by, each other. Our strength and power comes from our differences. I will respect each person's right to be different from me, whether or not I understand or like the difference. I will not discriminate against members of the Group because their ideas, beliefs, and behaviours are different from mine.

DECLARATION OF CHANGE

Change begins with me.

I will respect each individual and support his or her development. We will delight in the prospect of new members joining us. I will take responsibility for the shaping of the team culture.

I will take a stand.

I will make a conscious effort to encourage positive, constructive development in my work team. I will support an environment which is free of hostility. I will make a conscious effort to intervene in behaviour that I find inappropriate by supporting open communication and by establishing common goals and common ground.

DECLARATION OF ESTEEM

We are the best.

We all strive to be the best we can be. I will work to raise my own self esteem and the esteem of others. I am proud of the contributions that all of us make to our team and our Trust. My team and I are valuable assets to the Trust.

I realise that I will not always be able to live up to this Declaration of Interdependence; none of us is perfect. However, all of us, working together, can help make this a better team, now and in the future.