Tough Truth, Strong Teams

Context

Telling the truth is uncomfortable, but necessary for high performing teams. Great teams find a way to embrace the discomfort of truth-telling, doing so with compassion, because they recognize the impact of tolerance.

Outcome

Bring awareness to our natural response to telling the hard truth,
Develop strategies to tell the hard truth from a place of compassion

Main Questions

Have you ever held back the truth because it felt easier not to share? What was the cost?
What pushes you to actually tell the uncomfortable truth?
What is the tendency for truth telling in our culture?
How do you encourage or cultivate more of "hard truth with compassion"?

Citations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f79bfju-mEA

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