Book Titles

…people don’t have to get their way in a discussion. They just have to be heard, and to know that their input was considered and responded to.

If everything is important, then nothing is.

…building a team is hard.

Team members who are not genuinely open with one another about their mistakes and weaknesses make it impossible to build a foundation of trust.

Teams that lack trust are incapable of engaging in unfiltered and passionate debate of ideas. Instead they resort to veiled discussions and guarded comments.

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.

Inattention to results occurs when team members put their individual needs… above the collective goals of the team.

Trust lies at the heart of a functioning, cohesive team, without it, teamwork is all but impossible.

In the context of building a team, trust is the confidence among team members that their peers’ intentions are good, and that there is no reason to be protective or careful around the group.