Reading with answers

Reading-What Google Learned in Its
Quest to Build the Perfect Team
Complete by Midweek

Instructions
Read the What Google Learned in Its Quest to Build the Perfect
Team Article. Take the L04 Reading Self Assessment-What Google Learned.
Also ponder and write down your answers to the following questions:

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From your personal experience, what have been key
behaviors in effective teams?

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From my experience collaboration, trust and honesty has been the keys to

succeed. To be able to be ourselves in teams and be accepted that way allow
you to use all your skills, ideas and uniqueness to the different challenge that
the group has to face
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What do group norms have to do with effective team
building? What would you say your current B321 group norms
include (unspoken and spoken norms)? Are they healthy group
norms? If not what could be changed?

I think that they had to do with the guidelines to have a good communication
between the members of a team. If those guidelines are, clear and
understood by the members of the team they can become a more effective
team. My team norms includes respect, trust, honesty, a no judge policy, well
it should include the last one.
How does psychological safety in a team increase overall
effectiveness? What are the roles of communication and empathy in
creating psychological safety?

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It increase it because, when you are in a group where you can speak up
about whatever is going on with you and they are empathic with you, then
you get a deeper connection a sense of acceptance and belonging. They
become in a certain way in family.

The roles of communication and empathy are crucial to create psychological
safety. They are fundamental to create a team bond.

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How does sharing personal experience and being
vulnerable influence team dynamics? (Think of the example of
Sakaguchi.) Do you have any personal examples of this in
organizations you are involved in?
To be vulnerable or to share personal experience it helps to the members of
the team to be empathic to put themselves in the shoes of others even when
they have not live the same experience. Still it helps them to be more open
to help and understand what other member is going through.
My last job was in an insurance company, we had our moments where we
could share our feelings and struggles. That help us to bond and be more
empathic one another
What can you do as an individual to initiate effective
team behavior?

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I think that one of the things I could do is to be sensitive with my teammates.
I could ask them how was your day or how are they are feeling with a sincere
desire to know and not just for courtesy. In addition, I could talk to them
about me in that way I can stablish trust and confidence with them

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