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  • Trusting Teams drive High Performance

    Trusting Teams drive High Performance

    How are Trusting Teams able to drive High Performance?

    Read this wonderful insight from Adam Grant’s book Give and Take to understand how and why trusting teams are able to drive high performance.

    As Simon Sinek says trusting teams makes us feel psychologically safe in the company of each other.

    This is when we feel safe to share our vulnerabilities. The insight below inspired from Adam Grant’s book illustrates what research has to say on the reason for high performance.

    Trusting teams drive high performance

    To read another such interesting insight from the same book, please visit the link below:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/best-measure-of-personality/

    If you have not yet read this wonderful book, what are you waiting for? Please grab a copy and start reading..

    https://www.amazon.in/GIVE-TAKE-REVOLUTIONARY-APPROACH-SUCCESS/dp/1780224729

  • Trusting Teams bring the best out of us. Why?

    Trusting Teams bring the best out of us. Why?

    Daily writing prompt
    Describe one of your favorite moments.
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    Some of my most favorite moments date back to days when I was part of trusting and high performance teams. Trusting teams bring the best out of us for the reasons mentioned below:

    Hence as a leader if you want to build a high performing team based on trust, encourage vulnerability for this reason.

    Encourage Vulnerability for THIS Reason
  • Trust is the backbone of High performing groups. Why?

    Trust is the backbone of High performing groups. Why?

    Daily writing prompt
    How would you improve your community?
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    Community is a group of people who decide to grow together. Trust is the backbone of high performing groups e.g. a community. Hence I would preach trust to build a healthy and high performing community.

    Research proves that any high performing team is characterized by high trustworthiness. This is where all members feel safe to express their vulnerability to each other.

    “Strong relationships are the foundation of high-performing teams. And all high-performing teams start with trust.”

    “A team is not a group of people who work together. A team is a group of people who trust each other.”

    Simon Sinek
    Simon Sinek
    The one thing “High Performing Teams” have in common

  • Have you ever heard a better definition of a TEAM?

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Simon Sinek

    “A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.”

  • These are few of the traits for High Performing teams

    High Performing Teams are ones associated with innovation and creativity based organizations with the following as the key themes:

    1. These are teams with very High Trust Quotient
    2. The Team members feel psychologically safe with one another
    3. The team members revel in each other’s company and stand up for each other
    4. The team members have the courage to express their vulnerability expecting full support

    Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game

  • Members in Trusting teams are courageous

    Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book Together is Better

    In trusting teams , members feel safe to express vulnerability because they feel psychologically safe to express their feeling to one another.

    The following quote from Simon Sinek on courage sums it all as the basic ingredient ingrained in the nature of such team members:

    “TRUE STRENGTH is the COURAGE to admit WEAKNESS.”

    This is why such teams are High Performing

  • Human beings are hardwired to protect ourselves

    Our brains are hardwired to protect ourselves.

    We AVOID DANGER and seek out places in which we FEEL SAFE.

    The best place is to be AMONG OTHERS around whom we feel safe and we know will protect us.

    The most ANXIETY inducing place is to be ALONE , where we feel we have to protect ourselves from the PEOPLE in our OWN TEAM.

    Fear can push us to CHOOSE the best FINITE option at the risk of doing INFINITE DAMAGE.

    Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game

  • The quote that best defines a “Team”

    “A TEAM is NOT a group of people who WORK TOGETHER.

    A TEAM is group of people who TRUST EACH OTHER.”

    Thus trust outlines High Performing , Trust Worthy Teams.

    Adopted from Simon Sinek’s quotes

  • Why is “Emotional Quotient” more sought after?

    In the modern day workplaces , emotional quotient(EQ) is a more sought after characteristic.

    This is because a trustworthy individual with high EQ forms the basic DNA of Trusting Teams which form the essence of innovation in the modern day workplace.

    Intelligence quotient(IQ) or self brilliance can be learnt but without trust cannot be relevant in the modern age.

    Intelligence further more , looks for what is already there or known or solve problems.Brainstorming or thinking out of the box cannot happen individually and needs a team.

    A trustworthy creative individual with high EQ on the other does not fear venturing into the unknown to discover possibilities.

    Adopted from Simon Sinek’s sayings and books

  • The one thing “High Performing Teams” have in common

    High Performing teams are nurtured in innovation focused organizations led by infinite minded leaders.

    While a team is a group of people who work with each other , in HIGH performing teams , the group of people do not only work with each other , they TRUST each other.

    The feeling of trustworthiness is encouraged by the infinite minded leaders and make the team members feel safe even to the extent of being vulnerable.

    Thus TRUST is the common thread that ties all HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS.