• Leadership

    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…