Chapter 44. UNDERSTANDING AND OVERCOMING THE FIVE DYSFUNCTIONS
DYSFUNCTION 1: ABSENCE OF TRUST
Trust lies at the heart of a functioning, cohesive team. Without it, teamwork is all but impossible.
Unfortunately, the word trust is used—and misused—so often that it has lost some of its impact and begins to sound like motherhood and apple pie. That is why it is important to be very specific about what is meant by trust.
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. In essence, teammates must get comfortable being vulnerable with one another.
This description stands in contrast to a more standard definition of ...
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