Knowingo
Try 7 days free
The cover of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Patrick Lencioni

Why is teamwork the ultimate competitive advantage and yet so rare in most organizations?

Get the app Read on the web

At a glance

Author
Patrick Lencioni

Why read it

  • You will be able to check your team against five building blocks: trust, open debate, commitment, accountability and a focus on results
  • You will understand why open, unfiltered debate is what lets a team commit quickly to clear decisions
  • You will learn why peers holding each other accountable matters, since one person slacking can drag down the whole team

Who it is for

  • A new leader inheriting a team that lacks trust
  • An executive whose leadership team avoids hard conversations
  • A manager who wants a simple model for fixing team problems

Contents

  1. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
  2. A LEADERSHIP FABLE
  3. Patrick Lencioni
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. The Fable
  6. LUCK
  7. PART ONE
  8. Underachievement
  9. BACKSTORY
  10. KATHRYN
  11. RATIONALE
  12. GRUMBLINGS
  13. OBSERVATIONS
  14. THE STAFF
  15. PART TWO
  16. Lighting the Fire
  17. FIRST TEST
  18. END RUN
  19. DRAWING THE LINE
  20. NAPA
  21. THE SPEECH
  22. PUSHING BACK
  23. ENTERING THE DANGER
  24. GETTING NAKED
  25. GOING DEEPER
  26. POOLSIDE
  27. REBOUND
  28. AWARENESS
  29. EGO
  30. GOALS
  31. DEEP TISSUE
  32. ATTACK
  33. EXHIBITION
  34. FILM NOIR
  35. APPLICATION
  36. PART THREE
  37. Heavy Lifting
  38. ON-SITE
  39. FIREWORKS
  40. LEAKS
  41. OFF-SITE NUMBER TWO
  42. PLOWING ON
  43. ACCOUNTABILITY
  44. INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTOR
  45. THE TALK
  46. LAST STAND
  47. FLACK
  48. HEAVY LIFTING
  49. RALLY
  50. PART FOUR
  51. Traction
  52. HARVEST
  53. GUT CHECK
  54. THE MARCH
  55. The Model
  56. AN OVERVIEW OF THE MODEL
  57. TEAM ASSESSMENT
  58. UNDERSTANDING AND OVERCOMING THE FIVE DYSFUNCTIONS
  59. A NOTE ABOUT TIME: KATHRYN’S METHODS
  60. A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO TEAMWORK

More books like this