如果你和我生活在同一个国家或地区，你可能会熟悉那些在华族葬礼上演奏的乐队。这些乐队演奏着熟悉的曲调，但产出的效果却跑调、走音、刺耳难听。即使是孩子们都知道，乐队成员只是敷衍了事，而不是为了带来精彩的演奏。
你的团队就像一个乐团。每位成员都是才华横溢的音乐家，演奏着具有独特能力的乐器。为了让乐团演奏出触动人心的优美乐曲，每位演奏者都必须全身心投入、协调一致并致力于集体演奏。
如果乐团的成员没有充分投入，甚至是刻意脱离，那么乐团演奏出来的充其量只是技术上正确但缺乏灵魂的音乐，或更糟糕的是不和谐和令人不悦的音乐！
If you live in my country or my region of the world, you might be familiar with bands that play at Chinese funerals. Those bands play familiar tunes but in a cringe-worthy way. Even kids know that members of these bands are there to go through the motions, not to give great performances.
Your team is like an orchestra. Each member is a talented musician playing an instrument with unique capabilities. For the orchestra to perform a beautiful symphony that moves the listeners, every musician must be fully engaged, harmonised, and committed to the collective performance.
An orchestra with musicians who are not fully engaged or, worse, disengaged will produce music that is, at best, technically correct but lacking soul and, at worst, discordant and unpleasant!
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你的团队就像一个乐团。每个成员都是才华横溢的个体，他们为团队带来了独特的才能和贡献。
想象一下，如果乐团的成员对如何一起演奏有不同的理解，一首美丽的乐曲很快就会变成嘈杂的声音！这就是一个团队允许自己在隐性契约影响下运作的危险性。
Your team is like an orchestra. Each member, who are talented individuals, brings their unique talents and contributions to the team.
Imagine an orchestra with members who have different understandings of how they should play together. A beautiful piece of music can quickly descend into cacophony! This is the danger when a team allows itself to operate under implicit contracts.
Continue reading “Your Team Has an Implicit Contract, and You Might Not Like It”
与我合作的一个新成立团队的领导者，在我们商讨如何有效地使用他们第一次团队会议时，对我说了以上的话。
当我的女儿开始工作时，她加入的团队向她讲解了技术和 “业务” 方面的东西，但却没有提到团队如何协作。他们期望她在工作中自己摸索！
