The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: Facilitator's Guide Set, 2nd Revised ed. (Loose Leaf)

from Kathy_Dyer

I am never sure when I read a leadership book that is more story than to-dos. Lencioni did a good job of weaving the scenario to describe the 5 dysfunctions: absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability and inattention to results. Visualizing personally and ...

from LynnB

The main message of this book is that leaders need to focus on their teams. Effective teams will succeed, while dysfunctional teams will fail, or at least not live up to their potential, even if they have superior products or marketing. Most of the book is written as a "leadership fable" -- a sto...

from ItEntertainsMe

Good book for teaching concepts in an interesting manner. My only complaint is the convenient manner in which everything worked out in the end. It should have included a chapter or section on resolving conflict between team members who are at uncompromising ends of a decision besides leading to o...

from amramey

Patrick Lencioni. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2002. 224 pp. $24.95. Typically a fable refers to anthropomorphized animals (e.g., Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny), not the classically generic idea of a mere fictional story. Patrick Lencioni writes a short story tha...

from Skybalon

One of those modern business books that teaches through a story. Most of those book's stories are so contrived to make it easy to lose the lesson in the mess of the story. This book actually has a more reasonable story that makes helps make the lessons clearer. I found the dysfunctions interestin...