Truth 55Being Partial Breeds Distrust

A number of years back I was assigned to a crossorganizational team that had an objective to figure out how office space would be allocated across all the organizations. Six organizations were represented on the team, and the team leader was also a representative of one of the organizations. Each representative needed to ensure that his or her organization's office space needs were met, but at the same time play fairly with the other representatives. The team leader called the first meeting. We all got in the room and started looking at the available space and how it would be allocated. It became very clear very quickly that the team leader would ensure that her organization's needs were met and that she ...

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