The Foundation of Effective Teamwork: Trust and Respect

In today’s business world, employer emphasis on effective teamwork is becoming increasingly important with an ever shifting and diverse workforce. The question is, how do you go about assembling an effective, productive, and harmonious team? This task can be surprisingly difficult. In this week’s story, Gregg Gregory highlights the importance of building trust and respect among team members to ensure that the work gets done, done well, and done on time. By virtue of taking Gregg’s helpful advice, you should be able to put together teams within your own company that function healthily and effectively.
The Foundation of Effective Teamwork: Trust and Respect
by Gregg Gregory
W hen I was in second grade, my father frequently told me, “You can’t put the roof on a house until the foundation is complete.” I did not understand what he meant, until I was older. Once I understood the analogy of the “foundation”, his words