The Five Dysfunctions of a Team author Patrick Lencioni is quite candid about having stumbled upon his teamwork principles by accident. After writing his first book, The Five Temptations of a CEO, he discovered some of his clients were successfully "misusing" his leadership theories to improve team performance, so he decided to modify his principles so they would apply to groups as well as to individuals.
Like most of his books, Lencioni wrote The Five Dysfunctions of a Team as a business fable—a realistic story in the context of a fictional company. He believes this format helps readers better relate to the characters and better understand how his principles can be applied in the real world. He identifies five dysfunctions of teams that consistently hold them back from reaching their
potential, then shares a powerful team-building model for overcoming them. While the book is a powerful learning tool, teams and organizations alike have found that overcoming dysfunctions often takes more than just reading.
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