Category: Teams, Groups & Culture
What makes a group of people work well together, and what quietly stops them. Psychological safety, trust, culture, conflict and the group dynamics that operate whether or not anyone names them.
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Tom Wolff’s Power of Collaborative Solutions
Tom Wolff’s Power of Collaborative Solutions is a six step process that helps bring disparate groups together in civil society. Tom Wolff created it. He’s a psychologist who has worked a lot on bringing together divided communities. Tom Wolff’s Power of Collaborative Solutions Tom Wolff has spent his career bringing together communities […]
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The Tall Poppy Syndrome and Crabs in Buckets
Tall poppy syndrome describes a cultural trait where successful individuals are resented, undermined or attacked to bring them back down. Crabs in buckets is a phrase that describes individuals undermining others who try to succeed. These negative cultural traits undermine performance and engagement. Tall Poppy Syndrome Tall poppy syndrome is an organisational […]
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Reducing Social Threats in Your Team
Considering David Rock’s SCARF model can help you in reducing social threats in your team. It’s five factors are: status, certainty, autonomy, relatedness and fairness. It’s possible to improve these factors in your team through focus and effort. If you do so, you’ll reduce social threats and improve team performance. Reducing Social […]
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David Rock’s SCARF Model: Social Threats in the World of Work
David Rock’s SCARF model details five social factors that affect how individuals feel and behave within a team. We can all feel social threats in relation to each of these factors. When this happens it can trigger our threat responses, which is usually unhelpful. The factors are: Status, Certainty, Autonomy, Relatedness and […]
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Blanchard’s ABCDs of Trust: A Simple Summary
Ken Blanchard’s ABCDs of trust says that trustworthy people are: Able, Believable, Connected and Dependable (ABCD). They also feel more personally included at work, make better leaders and build better relationships. These skills can be learned. Blanchard’s ABCDs of Trust Trust is a important for effective relationships and is essential for great […]
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A Simple Introduction to Trust
Our simple introduction says that trust is a state that can exist in relationships. If you trust someone, you believe that they can be relied upon and that they will not do anything to harm you. Trust can exist between individuals, between individuals and organisations, or between organisations. Trust Trust is a […]
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10 Simple Thing You Can Do To Build Trust
Trust is essential for effective working relationships and trustworthy individuals are usually, broadly speaking, happier than individuals who are not trustworthy. Trust can be built with some focus and effort. In this post we detail 10 simple things you can do to build trust. 10 Simple Trust Building Actions Trust is a […]
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Trust and Social Threats in Teams (SCARF Model)
In our opinion, there is a link between trust and social threats in teams. Trust plays a large role in psychologically safety and social threat. It can affect the five factors of David Rock’s SCARF model. We believe that by increasing their trustworthiness, individuals can improve their own social safety, and that […]
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Common Language In The World of Work
Common language refers to words or phrases that are commonly understood by a group of people. It often relates to specially introduced words or phrases that help people communicate more effectively in a workplace. Common Language In all walks of life, communication can be inefficient and confusing. Individuals will use words of […]
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Dunbar’s Number: A Simple Summary
Dunbar’s Number (c. 150), is interpreted as the upper limit on the number of social relationships a human can effectively manage. This implies that teams of more than 150 will not effectively function without an imposed social structure (e.g. a hierarchy). Dunbar’s Number Humans, like all primates, are social animals with brains […]
