I have heard it said many times that in construction there are 3 considerations:
1 - Cheap
2 - Fast
3 - Quality
...and you only get to pick 2. I laughed the first time I heard it but soon discovered it to be true.
In team building and organizations there is a principle of 3 that holds true as well. If you look at it like a 3 legged stool the legs represented would be:
1 - Relationships
2 - Results
3 - Processes
Each of has a natural bent in one of the three as our primary strength with a pull towards a secondary. For example, a good friend of mine is VERY relationships driven as their primary and their secondary is results. 9 times out of 10 he will sacrifice the process for the relationships or results. He realizes the importance of the processes, but it's also the one quickest to be sacrificed.
As you are building your team (especially at the top level) you need to make sure you have balance in the 3 areas otherwise you could have a team that is high on relationships and results but the processes and day to day operations suffer (which could, in net effect, have an adverse affect on your relationships). If you are too results and process oriented you could negatively affect your relationships...and so on and so on....
It's a good filter to keep in front of you as you are building your teams as well as evaluating your current teams.
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