Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitator Patrick Lencioni

"Teamwork" is one of the most common buzzwords in the modern business world, but what does it actually mean, and how do you foster it? Renowned business consultant Patrick Lencioni seeks to answer those questions with this follow-up to his 2002 business fable The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. He argues that all teamwork must begin with trust.In this guide, we’ll start by explaining Lencioni’s definition of team and why not all groups can or should be teams. We’ll then discuss each of the five impairments to teamwork—distrust, lack of healthy disagreements, disunity, fear of accountability, and self-interest—and explore how you can surmount them to build a cohesive, effective team.In our commentary, we’ll compare and contrast this book’s ideas with those of other popular business and leadership guides, such as the business fable Our Iceberg Is Melting and Lencioni’s own Death By Meeting. We’ll also provide some additional actionable steps you can take to implement Lencioni’s ideas.