Trust in the Real World
As a foundation for teamwork, trust is vital
to the sucess of the team in meeting its goals. In the Five Dysfunctions of a Team, absence of trust is said to originate in the inability, based on an unwillingness to be vunerable, of the group to admit their mistakes and weaknesses. In the classroom, we are all encouraged to admit these items so that the group can compensate and move forward. Progress in the classroom can forge ahead more easily this way because the team knows not to give a member the component of work that relies heavily on an ability that the person lacks. Thus, fewer mistakes are made and time management is efficient.
The real world, defined here as the working environment where competition is rampant, a person cannot be expected to open up so readily. In a competitive industry, the weakest person in the company is the last to get the high level contracts and the first to get fired in a bad fiscal year. Thus, showing the firm all of my flaws is making myself the weakest person in the firm because my neighbor in the next cubicle would never be so stupid. It is almost impossible to open up to the point where trust can be built. In my next blog, I will discuss the outcomes of this barrier.
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