In one of the previous articles, I talked about the importance of having trust in the team and what damage a lack of it can cause. Also, I touched a bit the topic of how we can build trust in the tech team, by providing the list of exercises from the book “The five dysfunctions of a team”. Today using another great book “The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business” I would like to go deeper into how different cultures define trust and how it can impact the way how we should build trust in the multicultural team. Task-based and relationship-based trust According to Erin Meyer,…
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Fear of conflict in the tech team. The five dysfunctions
In the previous article, we discussed the first dysfunction of a team – the absence of trust. It’s the essential dysfunction which builds the foundation for other ones. How the absence of trust leads to other kinds of unproductive and sometimes toxic behaviour in a team? The next step in the ladder of “The five dysfunctions of a team” is fear of conflict. Until there is no trust in a team, the team will not be ready to be engaged in constructive debate and express their opinions. As a result, there is a possibility that the team didn’t consider all options and didn’t come with the best solution. Healthy and…
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Absence or lack of trust in the tech team. The five dysfunctions
Here I would like to start a series of articles, inspired by the book of Patrick Lencioni “The five dysfunctions of a team”. As it’s a tech blog, I will put more focus on tech teams. The first article will be dedicated to the first and basic dysfunction – the absence or lack of trust in the tech team. To go deeper into the topic, let’s define what is trust? Definition of trust In Cambridge dictionary trust is defined as “a belief that someone is good and honest and will not harm you, or that something is safe and reliable”. You can also encounter the following definition in other sources:…