Ep 91 Good Notes: Articulating Employee Excellence

Conflict Managed

🎙️ Welcome to a fresh episode of Conflict Managed. Today, we are honored to host Richard Robinson, a prominent professor of Communications at UT Martin.

Join us as we discuss:

🌱Trust Grows Success: the impact of trust-building in the workplace.

⚖️ Broken Trust's Ripple: the consequences of shattered team trust.

🏆 Model Management: learn from a standout example of effective leadership.

💔 Ignoring Costs Big: examine the price of neglecting employee concerns.

Dr. Richard Robinson joined the Department of Communications at The University of Tennessee at Martin in 2001, where he teaches courses in broadcasting, public relations and public speaking. He also serves as the faculty adviser for the campus radio station WUTM, 90.3 “The Hawk.”

During his tenure at UT Martin, his broadcast students and the radio station have won close to 400 awards in state, regional, national and international competitions. In 2012 and 2016, WUTM was named the “Best College Radio Station in the Nation” by the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System. The student-operated station has been named the “Best College Radio Station in the South” 10 times in the past 19 years, including 2022 and 2023.

Robinson received the UT National Alumni Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award in 2007 and 2020 and has been named an Outstanding Educator by UT Martin twice, in 2005 and 2007. He was also honored with the University of Tennessee System President’s Award in the category of Educate. He also works as a broadcast, political and public relations media consultant.

Robinson is an active member of Trinity Presbyterian Church, where he serves as an elder, and sings in the choir. He is also a trained ballroom dancer and classical violinist, and is a charter member and Concert Master of the UTM Community Orchestra.

Conflict Managed is hosted by Merry Brown and produced by Third Party Workplace Conflict Restoration Services (3pconflictrestoration.com).