Conflict in an organization, without Trust, is Politics.

A nice little take-away from a lecture by Patrick Lencioni on his classic Five Dysfunctions of a Team:

Conflict in an organization, without Trust, is Politics.

Conflict in an organization, with Trust, is the Pursuit of Truth.

Trust is a fundamental necessity for healthy conflict. Without it, conflict just devolves into politics.

Another nice takeaway was that Accountability should be, first and foremost, AMONG PEERS -- not top down.