Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Written in 2001 by Patrick Lencioni and published by Jossey-Bass

Review

Using a fictional tale to deliver some hard truths about critical business procedures, Lencioni weaves his lessons around the story of a troubled Silicon Valley firm and its unexpected choice for a new CEO.

Lencioni believes that team work is the ultimate competitive advantage and that it is powerful but rare in today's business world. He says,

"If you could get all the people in an organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time."

His key message is that only by overcoming the five dysfunctions of a team can a team succeed. These are

• Inattention to results
• Avoidance of Accountability
• Lack of Commitment
• Fear of Conflict
• Absence of Trust

Our 25 years of experience has proven his key point -- that if even one of these dysfunctions is flourishing, the team cannot perform well.

How Best Year Yet Can Help

Few books point so precisely to the issues that the Best Year Yet Team Program resolves and overcomes. His book even recommends that a team spend 32 days a year in reviewing progress and building team work.

How true his comment that "most management teams balk at spending this much time together -- preferring to do 'real work' instead."

We've also seen this resistance but when executives and business team leaders discover that the Best Year Yet Team Program is managed in just 8 days a year, they know they can't afford not to take the time to build a functioning team who delivers its Best Year Yet.

The Best Year Yet Team Program has been dissolving these 5 Dysfunctions for years with the use of our proven system and the commitment of our clients.