It's as simple as this. When people don't unload their opinions and feel like they've been listened to, they won't really get on board.

A job is bound to be miserable if it doesn't involve measurement.

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.

It's as simple as this. When people don't unload their opinions and feel like they've been listened to, they won't really get on board.

The only real payoff for leadership is eternal.

Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.

Trust is the confidence among team members that their peers' intentions are good, and that there is no reason to be protective or careful around the group. In essence, teammates are not comfortable being vulnerable with one another.