Trust.

What is the single most powerful enabler within a team and an organization?

Trust.

If your team has no trust, it is not a team. It is a group of individuals who are all working on the same thing. There will be failures in communication, redundant work, bickering, and an increase in beuraucratic red tape and quality checks.

By contrast, if you have trust, the correct communication occurs, the team becomes greater than the individuals, and the quality soars.

But how do you build that trust?

You give it. You reward it. You earn it.