Trust 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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