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If you commit yourself to finding your passion… it’s interesting how that commitment is rewarded with answers.

…to achieve results… is the only true measure of a team…

If we don’t trust one another, then we aren’t going to engage in open, constructive, ideological conflict. And we’ll just continue to preserve a sense of artificial harmony.

Without… passionate and open debate, team members rarely, if ever, buy in and commit to decisions, though they may feign agreement during meetings.

Without committing to a clear plan of action… people often hesitate to call their peers on actions and behaviors that seem counterproductive to the good of the team.

Great teams also pride themselves on being able to unite behind decisions and commit to clear courses of action even when there is little assurance about whether the decision is correct.

Members of great teams improve their relationships by holding one another accountable, thus demonstrating that they respect each other and have high expectations for one another’s performance.

The enemy of accountability is ambiguity, and even when a team has initially committed to a plan or a set of behavioral standards, it is important to keep those agreements in the open so that no one can easily ignore them.

By shifting rewards away from individual performance to team achievement, the team can create a culture of accountability.

Team leaders must be selfless and objective, and reserve rewards and recognition for those who make real contributions to the achievement of group goals.