Respect

Respect is a non-negotiable in generating a high performance team. 
Without it, similar to trust, a fundamental building blocks is missing for performance to thrive. 
Also like trust, respect gets overlooked from a lens of nuanced development because it is essential. 


The binary processing within the brain leverages an ill-adapted heuristic with regard to respect. 
Your mind considers respect as essential and therefore relinquishes ownership around its cultivation by assessing situations as respect “present” or “absent.”
The query of “how might I generate more respect in this specific situation,” requires additional cognitive effort and is a departure from automatic heuristics. 


Shifting your mind from binary respect assessment opens the door to consider the state of respect like any other component of team development. 
Great leaders consider respect in terms of capacity, demonstration, and potentiation rather than presence or absence. 
Respect is not something leaders demand of others; it is a skill they develop an ability to give authentically.



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