a leader's first priority is to create an environment where others can do these things and that cannot happen if they are not having effective meetin… - Patrick Lencioni

the fundamental attribution error is the tendency of human beings to attribute the negative or frustrating behaviors of their colleagues to their intentions and personalities, while attributing their own negative or frustrating behaviors to environmental factors.

Avoiding the issues that merit debate and disagreement not only makes the meeting boring, it guarantees that the issues won't be resolved. And this is a recipe for frustration. Ironically, that frustration often manifests itself later in the form of unproductive personal conflict, or politics.

No one on a cohesive team can say, Well, I did my job. Our failure isn't my fault.