The Five Dysfunctions Of A Team was a great, easy read. Patrick Lencioni is fond of the leadership parable genre. So 4/5 of the book is a fictional story about a CEO that leads a dysfunctional executive team to fruitful labor. It is well written and compelling. I especially like short chapters it gives such a sense of accomplishment.
Lencioni identifies 5 dysfunctions namely: Absense of Trust, Fear of Conflict, Lack of Commitment, Avoidance of Accountability, and Inattention to Results. These are listed in layers building on each other. It is an interdependent model where each dysfunction is dependent on the others.
I've learned over the years that the tems that I have led have faced these dysfunctions. Some have overcome them, others haven't. But a team functioning with any of these dysfunctions will always be held back from its true potential.
Great principles in this book.
--Ben
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I didn't know you had this book. I've been wanting to read it.
Oh, you will be.
Be sure to recommend it to "your friend".
I'm a little hesitant to comment since there's already so many, but I press onward to commentville: I have absolutely nothing to say about this book, moreso I wanted to comment about your comment of short chapters.
I think short chapters can help readers a lot. It definitely makes you feel like you're accomplishing something, also, I feel like it helps with the pacing of the book too. I'm a huge Micheal Crichton fan, and most of his novels use the short chapter method and it makes for a good read every time.
Good book. On my nightstand and about to finish it. Dude, I was in Half Moon Bay in 2007 and it was a fascinating town! (where the story takes place)
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