The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable | Patrick M. Lencioni

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable | Patrick M. Lencioni | How to Avoid Crashing a Good Team

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	The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable Patrick M. Lencioni Jossey-Bass, 2002 - 240 pages average customer review:based on 218 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Logical and right on

I've been in management for 18 years and have personally been pretty successful in developing teams. Reading this book put things in clear perspective, in a fashion in which I've not thought before. The message is concise, the story an easy and attention-grabbing read. The concepts presented as they were, created an "a-ha" moment... or maybe (hitting my own head) a "Duh" moment - I wish I'd thought of that!

The ironic part is that I work in an environment where, in general, the management team is REALLY dysfunctional. (The test in the book confirmed it!) The behaviors described relative to the 5 levels of the "pyramid" indicating functional / dysfunctional teams were right on.

I shared and discussed the ideas with for my 4 managers, discussed how we (the 5 of us) could be an even BETTER team together despite the overall condition of the larger group (and gave them copies of the book). I was surprised at the receptiveness of the idea given the state of our overall work environment at the moment. (I thought they might think I was being a bit hokey by introducing concepts I had read in a book.)

In addition to focusing on our interactions with each other, I encouraged them to take it to the next level in sharing with their teams. I have since had others in the organization ask to read my copy of the book. Hmmm... Well worth the investment to me. Practical, applicable, easy to understand. Can a management book get any any better? :)

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How to Avoid Crashing a Good Team

I initially bought this book on disk for my husband, he travels and wanted something to listen to. He leads a large team and he had asked me to see if I could find this on cd. He really liked it, but I also really like it. I am a Realtor and would love to develop a top team, in a previous career I lead several teams and saw some of the dysfunctions. If you are in a leadership position I recommend this book on disk. Buy it and pass it around to your peers, it will help you get on the same page.

Anoter Great Book by a Great Author

I purchased this book along with several others. I can't even remember why I bought and assume it was due to Amazon's suggestions. It was one of the last books I read, but the only one I couldn't put down.

The software company I work at is doing agile programming and core to it is self-managing teams and core to that is trust. Not only has this had immediate impact for me and our team, it is a book that is quickly going around our office.

Like his other books, I recommend visiting his website and downloading some of the supporting documentation.

I have also purchased his suporting book on how to lead teams through the five dysfunctions and it is good as well.

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Worth Reading

I was a little skeptical of the book's usefulness, but I've seen some practical value in my management approach. It's easy to read, a little corny, but the fundamentals of team dynamics are worth thinking about.

5 Dysfunctions of a Team....is this book to good to be true?

Yes, many companies spent 10s or even 100s of thousands of dollars on consultants, management development programs, structured team building training and the like. In light of this, it is true that this book from Patrick Lencioni may be viewed as a rather simplistic approach to an extremely difficult concept....effective team working.
Taken for what it is, this book offers some good insights, 'signs to look for' along with some some suggested ways-of-working that can easily be applied by any team leader from one day to the next without a lot of time spend on more formal training.
Bottom line, if you have tried all the suggestions in this book, and things still are not working....then it may be time to seek 'professional help'.
Torsten K. Gessner

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