Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team
by Patrick Lencioni
The field guide to the famous parable: exercises for building trust (personal histories, team effectiveness), tools for mastering conflict, commitment, accountability and results, plus a facilitation outline. The practical half of Lencioni's team model.
Read it if…
you lead a team and want to actually run the exercises.
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Skip it if…
you have not read the parable; start there.
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Three things you will actually use
- Vulnerability-based trust is built through exercises, not time.
- Conflict needs permission and norms.
- Clarity before commitment.
Do this first
Run the personal histories exercise at your next offsite.
Our verdict
The exercises behind the parable.
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