the cost of a well-functioning team is high. It requires transparency, a commitment to other’s success (versus having a focus solely on our own success), and the kind of vulnerability that leads to risk-taking, which, for sure, ensures mistakes will be made. Without these qualities, our teams will be mediocre at best-with them, we will develop lasting relationships that will extend deep into our future. I hope you like this week’s principle.

Harmony. It’s inspiring to see a team of people working together in harmony-those laboring for an outcome that is bigger than each of their parts, where alignment is real and relationships are strong.