Skeezix’s Thoughts

December 12, 2007

Book Review: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

Filed under: books — skeezix99 @ 8:24 pm

This was a good book, another quick read, but was very well written.  The Style of writing in a fable format was very easy to follow.  Now the content of the book was very good.  The things that I enjoyed were the fact that the basis for the model is trust and that the overcoming of each dysfunction is a logical lead in to the next dysfunction.  In my experience gaining the trust of your team is vital in becoming a successful organization.  Once trust is gained the second dysfunction “fear of conflict” can be addressed.  Without trust, conflict will deteriorate into just fighting.  Good conflict is productive and will lead to better decisions.  The book allowed the story to show the effectiveness of the management tools in the book.  These tools allow you to become a better leader, but do not force you into a pre-set manager mold.

I highly recommend this book to managers and leaders or those aspiring to become one.

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