{"id":10984,"date":"2025-01-13T08:13:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T07:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teambuildingnatura.it\/psychological-safety-to-build-a-successful-team\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T19:07:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:07:58","slug":"psychological-safety-to-build-a-successful-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teambuildingnatura.it\/en\/psychological-safety-to-build-a-successful-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychological Safety to Build a Successful Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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We are increasingly aware that focusing exclusively on analyzing and improving individual performance is no longer sufficient to ensure the achievement of goals and milestones\u2014or, more broadly, to build a winning team.
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The environment in which companies operate is becoming increasingly complex, fast-paced, and constantly evolving. Barriers between departments are gradually dissolving. The need to share information in real time and create strong connections is growing. People are progressively adapting to working in cross-functional teams. In this context, teamwork inevitably becomes an increasingly differentiating factor for any successful organization. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A tangible need, also supported by data, as highlighted in this Harvard Business Review article<\/a>: over the past two decades, the time managers and employees spend on collaborative activities has increased by more than 50%.<\/p>

In many industries, working in teams leads to better outcome<\/strong>s\u2014particularly in areas such as innovation, problem identification, and the search for new solutions. Teamwork has become a fundamental capability for any organization that aims to compete successfully in the global marketplace. <\/p>

Building a winning team is therefore an essential priority for any company\u2014but where should you begin?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The first step is undoubtedly to identify the factors that determine team success.<\/p>

What lies at the foundation of a successful team? Shared interests or recognition? A particular leadership style? A certain degree of familiarity and social connection among team members? <\/p>

In 2013, Google launched Project Aristotle, involving hundreds of teams with the goal of understanding what truly characterizes a successful team<\/strong>. The research findings were published the following year, but only later reached a broader audience through a New York Times article<\/a>. A thought-provoking piece that helps illustrate the complexity of the topic explored in Project Aristotle and the many dynamics involved. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In line with the vast majority of existing literature, Google initially assumed that the ingredients necessary to build a successful team were intuitive and relatively obvious<\/strong>: young talent, outstanding professionals, experienced managers, and unlimited resources. What they did not anticipate was how far this assumption was from reality. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The answer that emerged from the study conducted by Julia Rozovsky<\/a> and her team within Project Aristotle was very different from what anyone might have expected. Data and insights gathered over more than a year of analysis across 180 Google teams led to the identification of four key factors: <\/p>