From the course: The Culture Code (Blinkist Summary)
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Sharing vulnerabilities
From the course: The Culture Code (Blinkist Summary)
Sharing vulnerabilities
- [Narrator] Blink number four. Sharing your vulnerabilities is vital if you want your group to perform at it's highest level. Take a moment to think about how you interact with others. Have you ever exaggerated your own know how and gone to great lengths to demonstrate your competence? If that sounds familiar, you should stop. While it might sound counterintuitive sharing your vulnerabilities is essential to boosting group performance. But how does this work? Mirroring is a common dynamic in groups. We pick up on the way those around us behave and take up the same patterns. Admitting weaknesses and mistakes signals to other group members that they can do the same. That's a great way to build trust. Jeff Polzer, a professor in organizational behavior at Harvard calls this a vulnerability loop. This essentially refers to a feedback loop between the members of a group. Which generates the sense of closeness…
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