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Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team
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Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team

A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators

Patrick Lencioni
Jossey-Bass, 2005

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Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Comprehensive
  • Applicable
  • Well Structured

Recommendation

Patrick Lencioni wrote this as a follow-up to his 2002 “fable,” The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. It applies the earlier book’s concepts, and suggests many exercises, approaches, examples and explanations you can use as you apply those ideas. If you found the first book useful, you’ll want this one, though you can still get a lot of utility from it even if you haven’t read the original. Lencioni recaps his concepts clearly here, including developing trust among team members and keeping teams focused on their goals. The result is broadly applicable. getAbstract believes that readers who want a basic introduction to improving team function will appreciate this book. That said, those looking for more complex or theoretical approaches, or for tools to deal with specific challenges, such as knowledge management among teams, may need a more advanced manual.

Take-Aways

  • Building functional teams doesn’t take a conceptual breakthrough – but it does require dedication and hard work.
  • Not all groups are teams; teams have to share norms, goals and the responsibility for reaching those goals.
  • Address the “five dysfunctions” that commonly plague teams: distrust, conflict, lack of commitment, lack of accountability and a failure to focus on results.

About the Author

Patrick Lencioni, founder and president of a management consulting firm, has worked with Fortune 500 senior executives and high-tech startup companies. He is the author of several other books, including The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and Death by Meeting.

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