Presented by Spertus Institute and JPro Chicago, Connect & Learn is an online, community-building, professional development series.
Connect & Learn workshops offer participants around the world a chance to join Spertus students and alumni for lively sessions on topics key to Jewish professional life today.
Build skills you can apply immediately to your life and work. Become part of a network of learners and Jewish community leaders.
Sessions are online, live, interactive, and collaborative.
Each session includes time to connect, network, meet new colleagues, and strengthen relationships. Sessions are free of charge thanks to the generosity of our sponsors.
Programs take place via Zoom. Ticket holders will receive login instructions by email 24 hours in advance.
Leveraging Trust to Build Strong Professional Relationships
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
12:30 to 1:30 PM CST
Trust is the key component of strong professional relationships and it allows for effective supervision, managing upwards, sharing feedback with colleagues and having difficult conversations across the board.
In this session, we will explore the trust equation and see how credibility, reliability, connection and self-orientation can be leveraged to build incredibly strong professional bonds and unlock untapped potential in your work relationships.
Spertus faculty member Stefan Teodosic leads this session.
Stefan Teodosic is the founder of Maverick Soul Consulting. In a career dedicated to transforming nonprofits and the individuals who power them, he has served as Executive Director of Beber Camp, Perlman Camp, and the Perlman Retreat Center, and as co-founder of the Association of Independent Jewish Camps. He is a Moishe House board member and a member of the Jewish United Fund’s Jewish Education Committee. Before his move to the nonprofit world, Teodosic earned his MBA and worked in the strategic financial services sector for American Express.
Connect & Learn is presented in partnership with JPro Chicago.
This series is presented under the auspices of Spertus Institute’s Center for Jewish Leadership, supported in part by a generous grant from the Crown Family.
This program is a Solomon Goldman Program, endowed by the late Rose and Sidney Shure.
If you can, we encourage you to make a gift to support this free program and others like it!