Yes. Not being kind leads to defensiveness and not owning up to their errors. I've worked in very competent teams and very incompetent teams. There were two ty

Yes. Not being kind leads to defensiveness and not owning up to their errors. I've worked in very competent teams and very incompetent teams. There were two types of incompetent teams. The type that always denied making mistakes, and the kind that owned up to their own incompetence. Being kind leads to the latter. It still sucked being in an incompetent team, but when they admit their weakness, they get out of your way and defer to you. When they don't admit it, you'll face barriers all the way.