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“Harvard Business School teams expert Amy Edmondson explains, “Great teams consist of individuals who have learned to trust each other. Over time, they have discovered each other’s strengths and weaknesses, enabling them to play as a coordinated whole.”
― General S McChrystal, Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World

“The temptation to lead as a chess master, controlling each move of the organization, must give way to an approach as a gardener, enabling rather than directing. A gardening approach to leadership is anything but passive. The leader acts as an “Eyes-On, Hands-Off” enabler who creates and maintains an ecosystem in which the organization operates.”
― Stanley McChrystal, Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World

“Purpose affirms trust, trust affirms purpose, and together they forge individuals into a working team.”
― Stanley McChrystal, Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World