Which comes first, trust or vulnerability?
I work in a corporate environment, beige cubicle and all, but I don't have a typical job and I certainly don't have a typical boss. My boss, Jenny, is an incredibly talented coach, organizational development consultant and facilitator and, it turns out, one of my most dear friends. Jenny has this way of saying things that shift everyone's thinking in the room. When she offers an insight, sometimes you can hear an intake of breath as someone confronts a long-held belief as someone else says, "Wow, I never thought of it that way." She has expanded my worldview more times than I can count, and for that, among other things, I am eternally grateful. Her incisiveness cuts through any static in the conversation to get right to the heart of the issue. Anyway, the two of us were facilitating a session on team effectiveness principles for coaches last month, and we were talking about the importance of trust on a team, one of my favorite subjects. And Jenny asks the foll...