The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable Friday, July 31 2009.

• In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as enthralling and instructive as his first two best-selling books, The Five Temptations of a CEO and The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive . This time, he turns his keen intellect and storytelling power to the fascinating, complex world of teams. Kathryn Petersen, Decision Tech's CEO, faces the ultimate leadership crisis: Uniting a team in such disarray that it threatens to bring down the entire company. Will she succeed? Will she be fired? Will the company fail? Lencioni's utterly gripping tale serves as a timeless reminder that leadership requires as much courage as it does insight. Throughout the story, Lencioni reveals the five dysfunctions which go to the very heart of why teams even the best ones-often struggle. He outlines a powerful model and actionable steps that can be used to overcome these common hurdles and build a cohesive, effective team. Just as with his other books, Lencioni has written a compelling fable with a powerful yet deceptively simple message for all those who strive to be exceptional team leaders.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable Tuesday, July 21 2009.

• reordered the contributors.
• 1 : Patrick Lencioni:

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable Friday, July 17 2009.

• Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable Thursday, July 16 2009.

• Added a contributor: Patrick Lencioni: (Primary Author)

Peiyu W edited the quotations of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable Monday, July 13 2009.

• Added a quotation: “Contrary to the notion that teams waste time and energy arguing, those that avoid conflict actually doom themselves to revisiting issues again and again without resolution”
• Added a quotation: “Failure to hold one another accountable creates an environment where the fifth dysfunction can thrive”
• Added a quotation: “ironic that so many people avoid conflict in the name of efficiency, because healthy conflict is actually a time saver”
• Added a quotation: “Success comes only for those groups that overcome the all-too-human behavioral tendencies that corrupt teams and breed dysfunctional politics within them”
• Added a quotation: “Team members who are not genuinely open with one another about their mistakes and weaknesses make it impossible to build a foundation for trust”
• Added a quotation: “The fact remains that teams, because they are made up of imperfect human beings, are inherently dysfunctional”
• Added a quotation: “The first dysfunction is an absence of trust among team members”
• Added a quotation: “This failure to build trust is damaging because it sets the tone for the second dysfunction: fear of conflict”
• Added a quotation: “Without committing to a clear plan of action, even the most focused and driven people often hesitate to call their peers on actions and behaviors that seem counterproductive to the good of the team”