Trust is the foundation of real teamwork (there is nothing touchy-feely about this).

I've become absolutely convinced that the seminal difference between successful companies and mediocre or unsuccessful ones has little, if anything, to do with what they know or how smart they are; it has everything to do with how healthy they are.

All things to all people is nothing to everyone.

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

The vast majority of organizations today have more than enough intelligence, experience and knowledge to be successful. What they lack is organizational health.

Success comes only for those groups that overcome the all-too-human behavioral tendencies that corrupt teams and breed dysfunctional politics within them.

The key ingredient to building trust is not time. It is courage.