Week 7: Chapter 6 — Culture and Team Building

1.Scazzero argues that every leader creates a culture whether they mean to or not, and that culture is shaped far more by who the leader is than by what the leader says. What culture have you been creating — not the one you preach, but the one your team actually experiences?

2.He introduces the idea that emotionally unhealthy leaders tend to recruit and retain people in their own image — people who share their blind spots, tolerate their dysfunction, or are too conflict-averse to push back. Have you observed this pattern? How does it perpetuate itself over time?

3.Scazzero emphasizes the importance of teams characterized by emotional safety — environments where people can speak the truth, raise concerns, and be known beneath their roles. What are the specific behaviors and practices that build or erode emotional safety on a team?