Ted Lasso Episode 4 - The Policy of Trust

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Can a team of guarded strangers ever really trust each other?

In this installment of Whole Again's Ted Lasso series, I dig into what's really holding the Lady Greyhounds back. It's not talent. It's not effort. It's trust.

As Dr. Fieldstone puts it: "A team is simply a collection of guarded strangers until they believe they are safe to fail in front of one another."

And trust gets built in reps, in the "figurative gym," in tiny unscripted moments.

Michael turns the episode into four practices you can start using today:

Recognize your control mechanisms as survival tacticsOffer up micro-moments that create psychological safety for someone elsePractice collective responsibility over blameAnchor yourself in self-trust

Watch (or rewatch) Episode 4 through the lens of trust.

What's one small, unscripted moment when someone did something that made you trust them more?

Drop it in the comments and share this episode with your favorite Ted Lasso fan.