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Frances Raines In the past, I have worked with a professional team, and our dynamic was dysfunctional. This was due to a lack of support from leadership and an actual hierarchy organization. We, as team members, felt less than because of how we were treated and talked to. Our voices that spoke and asked for change, support, and new ideas and suggestions to help better us individually and collectively as a team was not listened to or implemented. When going through our annual reviews with the manager, it was not a conversation. It was a meeting where we were expected to listen. I used my MPP to list my concerns within the organization, leadership, and team, which was not well received. This caused a stressful work environment because I was then concerned that my honesty would cause me to be terminated. Eventually, three months later, I did quit. In research from Hughes et al. (2018), the Rocket Model is an effective method that leaders use because it is "straightforward and a practical approach to team building." We lacked buy-in, morale, mission/purpose, and goals. We could not buy into what the leadership wanted us to do because there was no instruction, trust, or appreciation for our input to accomplish the tasks. We were all unmotivated and only came to work because we had to pay our bills. We lacked a team structure, each person was self-serving, and we could never align or relate. There was always judgment and complaints. I never found a way to express my concerns without fear after that. Had we effectively been able to, it would have helped our team be successful.