Members of trusting teams admit weaknesses and mistakes, take risks in offering feedback and assistance, and focus time and energy on important issues, not politics.

Politics is when people choose their words and actions based on how they want others to react rather than based on what they really think.

Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.

It is dangerous if our identity as a leader becomes more important than our identity as a child of God.

Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.

Team members have to be focused on the collective good of the team. Too often, they focus their attention on their department, their budget, their career aspirations, their egos.

If everything is important, then nothing is.