CHAPTER 4

The Skills of Building People

Neither teams nor people are built in workshops.

Skill #3: Team Building without Trust Falls

The most successful leaders know how to build teams. They know that their efforts are only as effective as their team.

High-performing executives must be able to build and maintain a high-performing team. It is an area of sustained focus. Teamwork is not a pit stop reluctantly taken when problems can no longer be tolerated.

In fact, these leaders do not just build a team. They architect a team. They craft it. They nurture it. They train it.

But, they do not use trust falls.

In fact, team-building rarely occurs in an actual event.

The primary exception to this is for brand new teams. Specifically, people who do not ...

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