The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (J-B Lencioni Series)
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I have read this book three or four times by now, and have used it for years as a discussion starter with executive and leadership teams. I love the "right brain / left brain" approach that Mr. Lencioni uses to make his message approachable (fable / model). In fact, I liked his approach so much I incorporated it into my own book on innovative change, JUMP! - Get Unstuck.

I recommend "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team" to everyone who is part of any organization -- for profit, non-profit, government, educational, personal, professional, etc. There's a great deal of wisdom here.

Quick read and very insightful. Shared with a colleague and she loved it also (sorry Amazon, should have made her buy her own).

First I have to say that I am very fond of Lencioni's fable approach. Telling something is a story form immediately draws the reader in. Stories are what we are used to reading from the time that we are children to adults - yet so many business books are tantamount to reading a college textbook. Often their principles are sound, the concepts are proven, but the delivery is so boring that there is little you can take away from it. But this book is different. Each character is unique within the book and oddly as Lencioni shares about the quirks of each persons personality, you begin to think of someone in the office place where you work that exemplifies that person. I like just about every book he has written. He's is a gifted an inspiring writer.

This book changed the way I lead my team as a project manager and it also has changed what I look for in candidates I'm interviewing. Lastly, I now always ask in an interview, "What characteristics do you believe defines a well functioning team?" And every time I'm hoping they start with trust.

This is a nice, easy, business book to read. It takes a complex subject and boils it down into a story format that you can read on a Saturday afternoon. However, it seems to oversimplify a few things. With that said, it was a good book to get me thinking and I recommend it to anyone who feels that their team may not be producing a result that is greater than the sum of the parts.