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6 Ways to Build Community Among Your Leaders

January 24, 2023 by Charles Stone Articles, Teams

3. Teach your team to learn to walk in other team member’s shoes.

It’s called mentalizing. Mentalizing helps us see situations from the perspective of others. Studies show that the more we do this, the more we are likely to feel empathy toward and relate more positively to those whose perspective we are taking.

4. Help team members share their goals.

When team members share goals, their connection to each other and their commitment to the team’s goals will intensify.

5. Build an attitude of gratitude among your team.

Model gratitude so that your team can see it in you. Regularly explain how gratitude not only is Biblical but that it actually helps build team cohesiveness.

6. To Build Community, Build Trust!

As trust increases, the neurotransmitter oxytocin increases which strengthens cooperativeness among your team and empathy toward each other. It even lowers blood pressure and the amount of the stress hormone, cortisol, in our bodi

What have you done to build community in your team?

 

This article on how to build community on your leadership team originally appeared here, and is used by permission.

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About Charles Stone

Charles Stone is the pastor of West Park Church in Canada. Charles is passionate about the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and Biblical truth. Charles is the author of numerous articles and a handful of books, including Holy Noticing. He and his wife have three adult children and two grandchildren.

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