The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

I have read lots of books on team building. Patrick Lencioni’s book is the best one that I have read on the subject. Anyone who manages a team and is struggling with issues like trust, conflict and accountability should read it right away.People issues are messy. Difficult to articulate and explain. But the diagnosis of what dysfunctions damage a team and how they are connected to each other is done with elegant precision in this book. You just accept it without any ifs and buts.There are essentially 5 of them. Trust. Conflict. Commitment. Accountability. Attention to results.The writer also provides an assessment test to measure how dysfunctional any team is. He gives detailed notes on the symptoms and the steps one can take to address each one of the 5 dysfunctions.This entire framework is nicely woven into a fable which makes it easy for you to understand and internalise their concepts.If you don’t have time for the book, then just check out the YouTube video. You will be hooked.

very well scripted, explained with a rel kind of story of a corporate and its management team

Great read - hits home on typical challenges in building a great team and provides actionable ideas on how it can be done. The whole thing is neatly wrapped around a fable that is gripping to say the least and certainly makes it unputdownable.Print is good from Times press with clear, big lettering so if even you read the whole thing in 1 sitting like I did, eyes won't get strained too much. Amazon, as usual, does a great job of delivering it promptly in fantastic condition.

This is a great read. Applicable to all teams. The team effectiveness exercise at the end is a must and should be done keeping in mind the 5 dysfunctions. Not doing the exercise or not utilising all the dysfunctions when doing the exercise will make the exercise ineffective.

Most books in the "let me help you with your work-life" category tend to be too generic, and dole out advice of the "be good", "be productive" type, which while true, is of nearly no help. This book is a welcome exception, providing extremely specific insights in a fable format which makes the book easy to read and also very rewarding!

I completed reading this in one day. This will help us understand the fall out of a team that is not team at heart. Identifying them is what the book will help us with. Its written in a fable style which is interesting throughout.

A good one time read!

This is must buy book for the people in leadership role and wants to manage team. Author has effectively described team issues and it's resolution by fictional story of a software company to assure that readers won't get bored by just theory