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Team Development 101: Learn The 5 Cohesive Behaviors Of A Team And How To Create Them

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1.  What is the most important behavior of the 5 Dysfunctions of a team? Conflict Accountability Vulnerability-based trust Predictive trust

2.  In the absence of trust, what should you do? Focus on collective outcomes Go first! Bring up conflict to foster trust Tell a story about trust

3.  When a team lacks commitment, what needs to be addressed first? Trusting each other Being more accountable Force clarity and closure Have constructive conflict to get things moving

4.  What is the 5th Cohesive Behavior of a Team? Conflict measures the team's productive conflicts. In other words, conflict that is focused on concepts and ideas and avoids mean-spirited, personal attacks. Accountability measures team members' willingness to call their peers on performance or behaviors that might hurt the team. Commitment measures the team's clarity around decisions, as well as its ability to move forward with complete buy-in from every member of the team, even those who initially disagree with the decision. Results measures the team's collective goals and is not limited to financial measures, but is more broadly related to expectation and outcome-based performance.

5.  What do the Blue Angels have to do with the 5 Behaviors of a Cohesive team? They commit to a full and detailed debriefing process after every flight. They share common results, to demonstrate world class piloting safely. They are able to own their mistakes immediately and with humility to each other after a flight. All of the above

6.  How are the 5 Behaviors statistically correlated with each other, when a team is assessed? They are independent of each other, and added up separately. They are not cumulative relative to each step in the model. The Five Behaviors model suggests that each of the behaviors builds on previous behaviors. There were no correlations.

7.  Is it okay to deal with the uncomfortable conversations at work with your colleagues? Not unless they start the conversation first. Yes, it is essential that we deal with feelings of discomfort to develop vulnerability-based trust. Only after we do this team development training. It is not a good idea.

8.  What comes first in the process of building trust? Respecting Judging Appreciating Being vulnerable

9.  What is false harmony? Covering the truth Truthful statements Positivity Peaceful interactions

10.  What is the role of understanding your Everything Disc Style, with respect to team development? Awareness of one's own style helps you to communicate what you need, how you work best, and how best to interact effectively with you, up front. Gaining awareness of other's styles enables you to be more effective in your approach to them, when interacting. Not taking everything as personally is a major benefit when you understand that it is the other person's style that's affecting the way that they communicate, behave and cope. All of the above