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If you could live anywhere, where would you live and why?

Big Ideas:

when books make leadership seem easy, when it's not
5 elements that every team needs to function well together, written as a pyramid
using books as a guide can lead us down the wrong path
The 5 Dysfunctions are: Absence of Trust, Fear of Conflict, Lack of Commitment, Avoidance of Accountability, and Inattention to Results
Lencioni is anti-consensus
Can people have results without trust? (example - the Chicago Bulls of the 1990's)
Trusting someone's character and capabilities
Peer review of models
Books can be seeds of discussion, but not guides for team performance
Components of trust, and signs when trust is absent
Trust not being valued by a manager - it being seen as too "fluffy"
Does the importance of trust depend on the type of team you are within the organization?
If everyone's competing for the CEO's job, how can you trust those you work with?
Power in organizations - the individual versus the group
How can one be political without being egotistical?
Politics is making your power concrete. It's not bad or good in nature. It's a tool.
What am I applying my politics for?
Playing the game without playing the game. Being aware of the game and playing it for the good of the company.
We teach people NOT to play politics at work, and then they get into organizations where people are all playing different games
When people suffer when they don't know the rules of the game they are playing
Play the game to be a successful contribution to the organization
Belief that good people don't politics - it's not the tool, it's what you do with them that matters
Can you win the fight being a good, upstanding person?
Power is largely due to the collective sum of all the relationships you have within an organization.
Fear driven relationships aren't relationships - they are transactional
Choosing NOT to play the game, can be seen as more ethical

Resources:

The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
Amy Edmondson and Psychological Safety
Edgar Shein and Psychological Safety
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

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