— The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable — <\/em><\/a> calls the absence of trust.\u00a0 The divide and conquer approach often does not require a great deal of trust – so long as a basic level of competency is maintained.\u00a0 Why struggle through a barrier if you don’t have to?<\/p>\nThose groups that do confront and breakthrough the barrier, however, often go beyond competency and do extraordinary work.\u00a0 These teams are also more likely to report higher satisfaction and morale.\u00a0 They often note the intensity of interaction as a key contributor to that satisfaction and performance.<\/p>\n
… and yet — when asked how common it was to experience this teamwork in their workplace, very few report it to be common.\u00a0 When asked why, lack of time comes up often, as does non-colocated team members.<\/p>\n
Are we too often sacrificing the potential of high value coming from true teams in the name of time efficiency?\u00a0 Are we confusing investment for cost?<\/p>\n
I’m hopeful we can discuss this more this week.<\/p>\n
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… and then there are those groups that have problems.\u00a0 Can you imagine (remember?) what some of these might be?\u00a0 We can talk more on these problems in later blogs.\u00a0 What I find compelling is that many of these groups with early problems turn out be the ones that excel in the long term.<\/p>\n