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Trust: The Foundation for High Performing Teams

 

Employee TrainingTrust is the foundation of great teamwork and a prerequisite for developing high performing teams. Trust is the confidence among team members that:

  • Their team colleague’s intentions are good—even when they disagree
  • There is no reason to be protective or careful in what they say or do in the team setting
  • They are comfortable being vulnerable with one another

If you spot team members engaging in the following behaviors you can probably bet that trust is low:

  • Team members conceal mistakes and weaknesses
  • They hesitate to ask for help
  • They do not provide constructive feedback to each other
  • They jump to conclusions about the motives of others
  • They do not tap into other’s skills
  • They hold grudges

The solution: address the root causes of low-trust through conducting meaningful team building sessions run by the team leader or a capable external facilitator. Left unchecked, low-trust teams will under perform, waste resources, and fail to deliver.

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