Team Decay?
A team that’s decaying consists a group of people who have lost their trust in one another. What’s a quick way to rotting relationships - seed mistrust into the heart of your team. This applies to any relationship whether it be in church, business or at home. The lack of trust burns quickly into lost of trust. Then communication goes sour. Why does communication go sour? There are many reasons aren’t there? But we know that broken communication adds to broken trust, leading to broken relationships, leading to team decay.
Team Decay happens when:

1. You feel like you aren’t being heard and you take offense. Hurt feelings lead to hurt relationships if not addressed.
2. Someone has talked about you behind your back, you find out and you harbor ill feelings.
3. You talk about a team member behind their back. When you say things to others about a person that you don’t have the courage to speak to them face to face. Ouch!
4. You are silent about a discussion or decision when you should’ve at least shared your thoughts or feelings. Now you respond with a silent, cold heart.
5. When we undermine authority. Being a grumbler, discontent with your role, responsibility, lack of compensation (whether in pay or affirmation - we all like to be compensated with affirmation or a reward of some kind), when we don’t get our way, our idea was not considered or used, etc.
6. When teams develop “cliques” among themselves. Internal competition arouses pride. Pride feeds self centeredness and opposes team unity.
7. When co leaders or second or third tier leaders want to vie their way into “position” and can tend to develop different camps or cliques among the team.
8. When territorial attitudes develop.

Lanu’s Comment:
Amazing blog! Sometimes the one initiating the decay don’t realize what a hand they have in causing team decay because they are too busy pointing out everybody’s faults except truly honestly assessing themselves….so they will think team decay is everybody elses fault except their own.
I know as I was there big time!!!! I think if you aren’t actively building a team (meaning loving one another, embracing one another, getting in there and plowing together) then if we have courage to be truthful within, are we causing division by grumbling and mumuring?…that is the one of the biggest detriments to a team….anyways, thank you Pastor Rod for your amazing blogs that really equip us and make us think!!!!!

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