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Twitch CEO Sara Clemens “In those teams that are really humming and achieving their goals, you tend to find there s a lot of trust between the people and between the leadership and a lot of cooperation to achieve those shared goals,” says Baker. Leaders should also ensure employees feel empowered to do the job they were hired to do, according to Sanatkumar, who is board director for NZ Post, UFF and Cawthron Institute. Sanatkumar has previously held senior roles with Expedia, Amazon and Icebreaker and says in addition to knowing very clearly what their objectives are, people in a high-performing team need the latitude to go after them.