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HEALTHY CONFLICT BUILDS STRONGER TEAMS

  • Writer: Lee Self
    Lee Self
  • Jan 2
  • 1 min read
HEALTHY CONFLICT BUILDS STRONGER TEAMS

Patrick Lencioni's The Five Dysfunctions of a Team presents conflict as a core requirement for high performance.

A team's relationship with conflict reveals its maturity, trust and collective discipline.


How teams handle conflict

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3 PILLARS OF HEALTHY CONFLICT

  1. Psychological safety

Space to speak candidly and challenge ideas

without fear.

  1. Shared purpose

A common mission that channels conflict

toward alignement and better decisions.

  1. Clear norms for debate

Explicit rules that keep friction on ideas (not

egos), so disagreements stay productive.

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