I once heard John Maxwell say that “team work makes the dream work.” However, as I survey the leadership landscape, I believe the reason a lot of dreams are not working is because a lot of teams are way more dysfunctional than dedicated.

#1 – There is no healthy conflict on the team.

Some people believe that healthy teams have no conflict, which is simply not true. If a team wants to achieve its maximum potential, there has to be a place where people can ask questions and offer opinions (behind closed doors) that may call the status quo in the organization on the carpet.

If a leader has people on a team, but no one pushes back from time to time, then he (or she) has either has surrounded themselves with people who think just like them, or has created a culture of fear where speaking up equals getting fired.

#2 – People on the team hate meetings.

It’s quite popular in today’s world to crack on meetings; however, I would argue if you do not like meetings then it has to do something with the team who you meet with.

I love meetings. The BEST ideas we’ve ever had at NewSpring Church have come out of meetings.

In fact, the more I study those who hate meetings the more I realize that those people also do not do well with any sort of accountability!

If the people on the team are people you love, and when you are talking about something that really does matter – then meetings should set them on fire.

#3 – The people on the team spend no time together outside of the meeting.

I once heard a leader say that you can’t be friends with the people you lead, and that statement is true IF you are a leader dominated by insecurity.

If the only time you connect with someone is during meeting, then the tendency is to view that person through the lens of who they are by what they say in the meeting – and we lose sight of the fact that they may have a spouse, kids, aging parents, etc. When we get to know the people we work with, it will significantly improve the chemistry in meetings.
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