Today marks the fourth installment of the ‘Lencioni’s 5 Dysfunctions of a Team’ series, Maria and Michelle’s weekly look at these components and their suggestions about how to avoid them. In this episode, they concentrate on the issue of avoiding accountability.
Michelle begins by sharing her experience of peer-to-peer accountability and why it worked so well with her Kinko’s team. She then goes on to discuss how accountability is all too often defined these days, what it really means at its core, and the importance and impact of building a culture of support. She and Maria also explore the role of the leader in establishing accountability while maintaining a foundation of respect within the team, and the problems that arise when they don’t do this. Michelle concludes the episode with a quick review of the components necessary to avoid the dysfunctions covered in this and previous installments in the series. Once again, the knowledge and experience of these talented HR professionals shine forth in the podcast today, helping both employees and leaders to ensure success for themselves and their teams.
The Finer Details of This Episode:
Quotes:
“It’s the problem with our culture is we’ve turned the word ‘accountability’ into equaling, ‘I’m going to write you up’.”
“When accountability in a team environment is done well, it feels like teamwork.”
“We would protect each other…and we would do it so gracefully that no one knew.”
“It is truly about how do you show up for each other to make sure that we are all doing the right thing.”
“It does start with the leader.”
“Can’t have any of this shit if you don’t have trust.”
“Perception is reality.”
“You need all parts of the team working as one.”
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