When team members are adequately strong in each of these areas—when they possess significant humility, hunger, and people smarts—they enable teamwork by making it relatively easy for members to overcome the five dysfunctions of a team (see model on page 214). That means they'll be more likely to be vulnerable and build trust, engage in productive but uncomfortable conflict with team members, commit to group decisions even if they initially disagree, hold their peers accountable when they see performance gaps that can be addressed, and put the results of the team ahead of their own needs. Only
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