A lot has been written about how psychological safety leads to high performing teams.
A related characteristic I haven’t seen as much written about is trust. In fact, faith may be a better word than trust.
This is when you have absolute faith that a team member will handle a problem or problem area such that you don’t have to worry about it.
A key characteristic of high performing teams I’ve seen is when everyone has faith in the competence and ability of their peers.
It’s a great feeling.
@carnage4life @matthewskelton I love the trust => faith reframing for the particular aspect of trust you’re talking about—competence.
Do you think you’d still have faith if you knew the team sincerely cared for the cause and their teammates, and was generally reliable, but just needed to gain a bit more competence to solve the problem?
@matthewskelton @sudarkoff That’s a good question. I think there’s a level of trust that comes from people genuinely caring about a problem and wanting to collaborate without an agenda.
I think there is something transcendental when they are also competent enough you don’t have to worry about the quality of their work.
It’s not like the former is bad, it’s that the latter is great.
@carnage4life @matthewskelton agree! Trust is not all or nothing. I can trust someone in general, but also not trust that they can do a particular job—like my kids cleaning their dishes 🤣
That’s why I love your reframing!
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George Sudarkoff