The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

Rating: 4.5/5 Stars
Rank: 120

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.

About the Author

The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive and The Five Temptations of a CEO. In addition to his work as an executive coach and consultant, Pat is a sought-after speaker. Prior to founding The Table Group, he worked at the management consulting firm Bain & Company, Oracle Corporation, and Sybase, where he was vice president of organizational development.

He is on numerous advisory boards and sits on the National Board of Directors for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America.

Over the years, Pat has worked with hundreds of executive teams and CEOs–all struggling, at one time or another, with the potential for dysfunction among their teams.
Pat lives with his wife, Laura, and their twin boys, Matthew and Connor, in the San Francisco Bay Area.

You can reach him at The Table Group’s web site, www.tablegroup.com, or at patricklencioni@tablegroup.com.

Editorials

	Amazon.com
	Once again using an astutely written fictional tale to unambiguously but painlessly deliver some hard truths about critical business procedures, Patrick Lencioni targets group behavior in the final entry of his trilogy... read full editorial
	Library Journal, April 15, 2002
	"Concise and easy to follow, this book is recommended for academic and public libraries with management collections and for anyone who is a member of a team that needs improvement."
	Progress, Summer 2002
	"...is worth exploring..."

Customer Reviews

	You gotta read "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team"
	(USA) August 1, 2003 - 5.0/5 stars
	Before I read "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team" by Patrick Lencioni, I was unaware that professionals who work together in groups and teams face the same problems as teenagers in high school. Lencioni disscusses... read full review
	Good Business Lessons
	(Wisconsin) October 21, 2004 - 4.0/5 stars
	One of the important take-aways from this book is that for a team to be successful, all persons on the team must be loyal to the team. This is a concept from successful sports teams that us in the business world could learn... read full review
	Good book, but there is more than the Five Dysfunctions
	(Sunnyvale, California USA) August 25, 2003 - 4.0/5 stars
	Although I really liked the focus by Lencioni on trust and conflict, I felt that too much emphasis was placed on explaining in detail trust issues and using conflict creatively and not enough on examples and concrete... read full review

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