fostering trust in teams a leadership practicum
Founder, Accelinnova President, Evolutionary Systems Director, Institute of Collaborative Leadership Pollyanna PIXTON
how leaders can help make people trust each other?
Trust how do you define trust?
teams Without trust
This team needs you!
what does a team without trust look like?
Lack of Trust Price Tag?
Transaction Costs Transaction Costs
Self Protection
broken Trust ?
other price tags?
Project Management Quality Management how can Leaders help Teams build Trust?
Trustworthiness “Get Trustworthy People”
Trustworthiness How often does that happen?
Can these people work together?
broken Trust?
Or …
Build Trust? trust Not built ?
assess the Team
who talks to who? who listens ?
Start Up Exercise: Pick a project. difficult person ?
get the right people on the bus in the right seats. - Jim Collins
get the wrong people off the bus.
is the next bus stop theirs?
the “ vacation test ”
Island… build an Island?
Project Management How Do We Deliver? integrate?
how ?
Unleashing Innovation Collaboration Process create a Culture of trust
building trust eliminates fear?
eliminating fear builds trust?
build trust + eliminate fear
build trust eliminate fear both
Project Management Dependency Management remove debilitating Fear
what do people fear ?
losing identity
losing intellectual mastery
losing individualism
how can leaders help ?
fostering trust in teams
Leading Agile Collaboration Model Collaboration Process team based measurements
people do what they are measured by measure results let team evaluate themselves
build team confidence
how ?
Collaboration Model short iterations … early wins
leadership focus
authentic motivation - Alfie Kohn Punished By Rewards
collaboration
teams collaborate to make the decisions
choice
let people choose how, what, and when
content
Definitions create meaningful work
protect team Boundaries Protect Team Boundaries
stay Positive
Stay Positive Focus on magnifying a person’s strengths rather than remedying weaknesses. - Peter Drucker
continuous feedback
leadership Role
Authentic
Project Management How Do We Deliver? Trustworthy
operate with total transparency
Project Management Risk Management trust First !
Leadership Role Suspicion is a permanent condition. - Marcus Buckingham
Project Management Remove Obstacles remove obstacles
a place where people want to be
people have what they need to succeed
People don ’ t resist change; they resist being changed. - Peter Scholtes
Summary
right People? on Team or not? island or integrate? Leadership: Authentic trustworthy Trust First! be collaborative
remove Fear measure differently get successes allow mistakes no rewards for dysfunctionality
Focus through Questions protect team Boundaries stay Positive your questions?
Stand Back and Deliver co-author, published by Addison Wesley, due out in early 2009 The Seven-Day Weekend Ricardo Semler Orbiting the Giant Hairball Gordon MacKenzie Punished By Rewards Alfie Kohn
accelinnova.com evolutionarysystems.net collaborativeleadership.com Pollyanna PIXTON