How Teachers Build Trusting Teams | Simon Sinek

I have one question from Brittany Worship, and I'm going to let you.

Field this one. Okay.

She says, what is your advice for building a trusting team of teachers and administrators who can navigate birth so that they can navigate both the uncertain and complex waters that lie ahead this school year?

Okay, great question. Thank you, Brittany. The first, first step is to understand that trust comes from behavior. We trust each other because we behave in a way that allows us to make that decision. So things like listening, care, empath, those will immediately generate trust when we talk about specific teams. So in this case, teachers and administrators, we have.

How do they. How do they build a trusting team? Facing the unknown future.

Yeah. Step one. What are the attributes we're looking for? Okay, so it's not just skill anymore. What are the attributes we're looking for for this team? Because every team, the attributes that we need for a SEAL team is different, are different from the attribute list that we need for a team of teachers and administrators. What are those attributes? And then begin to assess each other as to whether or not you have those attributes. This time of stress and challenge probably has assessed some of those things we've already seen. I'm sure, Brittany, you've already seen who are the patient ones, who are the adaptable ones, who are the ones with empathy, who are the ones with less empathy, things like that. So understand the attributes you're looking for and then start to look and assess for those as well.

A trusted team is a mesh of people with skills and attributes that complement each other. And so one thing trust requires is vulnerability. Vulnerability does not.