Book Recommendation
By Patrick Lencioni
In this book, Lencioni tells the story of a woman who joins a company as the new CEO and inherits a highly dysfunctional senior leadership team. The book follows the evolution of the team as the new CEO improves morale, productivity and results.
As a leadership development professional with a career spanning more than 25 years, I have found Patrick Lencioni’s book to be one of the most relevant, pragmatic tools to help leadership teams and frankly all types of teams become better!
Along the way, team members experience the pain and frustration of dysfunction and the joy in overcoming it. One of the key reasons this book is so relatable is because every reader recognizes themselves somewhere in the book.
Lencioni is a wonderful storyteller, using fables to convey critical points and lessons for leaders. Each book he writes is such an easy read that you can read it cover to cover in less than two hours and The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is no exception.
At the back of the book there is a practical guide for using the model with your team, including a Team Assessment for immediate application.
The Five Dysfunctions include:
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