Trust is extremely important when building a cross functional team. Leaders rely more on the intelligence, resourcefulness and the collective brainpower of their staff. While working toward a common goal interpersonal relationships depend on trust. In this situation working with people with different functional expertise, effective teamwork is about having trust and respect of each team member. Workers must have a level of trust and respect for each other’s opinion. Although this puts most workers in a vulnerable position to another person because they believe the other person will act in their best interest. The idea is to build trusting relationships between co-workers. The team members who are trusted are influential and have the ability
