The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (J-B Lencioni Series)

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (J-B Lencioni Series)
According to the book, the five dysfunctions are^[3]:

Editorial Reviews

• Absence of Trust — unwilling to be vulnerable within the group
• Fear of Conflict — seeking artificial harmony over constructive passionate debate
• Lack of Commitment — feigning buy-in for group decisions creates ambiguity throughout the organization
• Avoidance of Accountability — ducking the responsibility to call peers on counterproductive behavior sets low standards
• Inattention to Results — focusing on personal success, status and ego before team success

Amazon.com Review

Once again using an astutely written fictional tale to unambiguously but painlessly deliver some hard truths about critical business procedures, Patrick Lencioni targets group behavior in the final entry of his trilogy of corporate fables. And like those preceding it, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is an entertaining, quick read filled with useful information that will prove easy to digest and implement. This time, Lencioni weaves his lessons around the story of a troubled Silicon Valley firm and its unexpected choice for a new CEO: an old-school manager who had retired from a traditional manufacturing company two years earlier at age 55. Showing exactly how existing personnel failed to function as a unit, and precisely how the new boss worked to reestablish that essential conduct, the book's first part colorfully illustrates the ways that teamwork can elude even the most dedicated individuals--and be restored by an insightful leader. A second part offers details on Lencioni's "five dysfunctions" (absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability, and inattention to results), along with a questionnaire for readers to use in evaluating their own teams and specifics to help them understand and overcome these common shortcomings. Like the author's previous books, The Five Temptations of a CEO and Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive, this is highly recommended. --Howard Rothman

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is a bestselling^[1] business book by consultant and speaker Patrick Lencioni. It describes the many pitfalls that teams face as they seek to "row together". This book explores the fundamental causes of organizational politics and team failure. Like most of Lencioni's books, the bulk of it is written as a business fable. This book has appeared on American best-seller lists including: New York Times, Business Week, Wall Street Journal and USA Today.