Since the 2008 financial crisis existing methods of executive leadership have experienced
in-depth scrutiny beyond their control. In reference to Patrick Lencioni to understand teams
is to comprehend an inattention to results an avoidance of accountability and a lack of
commitment. Executive leaders have been operating through silent lucrative and confidential
team dynamics that are difficult to access and subsequently difficult to challenge and
understand. Dr Katsarou-Makin explores the team-to-trust and trust-to-team relations between
executives and their associates pertaining to the familial relations between these members and
their unconventional codes of conduct. Under this umbrella of governance directors leaders
and corporate gatekeepers operate in teams that are selected and trusted through unorthodox
relations which must now come to light. Upon entry Maria seeks to explore how these teams
operate through a collective consensus of trust the values this trust demands the actions it
produces and the failures it can cause.
