Reliability

A team subfactor with high Stability, and low Direction

Relates to teams that are both Stable and Participatory

Reliability reflects a general attitude to change: teams that show this subfactor prefer a predictable and fixed working environment. They react poorly to changes in the team's working situation or structure, and are especially unwilling to initiate such changes themselves.

While in many ways this is a negative subfactor, it does nonetheless bring advantages, specifically in terms of consistency and (as its name suggests) reliability. Once a team of this kind has found a productive working structure (which can take somewhat longer with such a team than many other types), it can be expected to maintain this structure with only minimal external management.