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Is Your Team Healthy? These Are the Questions to Ask A healthy team is characterized by trust, respect, openness, honesty, empathy, and flexibility. When your team is not healthy, you're met with closed minds, domination, selfishness, negativity, personal criticism, and stubbornness. How can you ensure a healthy team? Ask yourselves these questions. |