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Trust lies at the heart of a functioning, cohesive team, without it, teamwork is all but impossible.
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195 |
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Teams that lack trust waste inordinate amounts of time and energy managing their behaviors and interactions within the group.
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196 |
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By acknowledging the imperfections of their humanity, members of functional teams overcome the natural tendencies that make trust, conflict, commitment, accountability, and a focus on results so elusive.
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220 |
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Rethinking depends on a different kind of network: a challenge network, a group of people we trust to point out our blind spots and help us overcome our weaknesses.
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83 |
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When trust runs deep in a team, people might not feel the need to question their colleagues or double-check their own work.
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208 |
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Trust is the most fundamental element of a winning team.
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It’s just too hard to build trust more extensively at the top level, where everyone is supposedly a star.
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140 |
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In a soft negotiating game the standard moves are to make offers and concessions, to trust the other side, to be friendly, and to yield as necessary to avoid confrontation.
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9 |
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A working relationship where trust, understanding, respect, and friendship are built up over time can make each new negotiation smoother and more efficient.
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21 |
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Disentangle people from the problem. Unless you have good reason to trust somebody, don’t.
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