Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators

by Patrick Lencioni

Book Overview

Practical exercises and hands-on tools to bring to life the timeless advice found in the author's best-selling book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team In the years following the publication of Patrick... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787976377
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.4" x 0.5" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

goes with book

This does give exercises that go with the book if you want to use it in training sessions and it leads you through how to use the concepts with your team. I think it would be valuable in an intact team. I used one of the exercises with a staff retreat recently with some success. I think it will take a skilled facilitator to use it, though.

Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team : A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators

Not only does this book cover mistakes and problems within a team, it explains a way to address the problems. This book goes one more than, "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable". Don't just tell me about a problem, tell me how to fix it. Jeff Howard

Focussed practical advice

New and seasoned professionals leading teams will find lots of rich practical advice. Using the five dysfunctions of teams from his previous book, Lencioni provides readers with excellent tools to stay focused and keep their teams performing. The techniques offered in this book, along with its guiding questions will help anyone reflect on the dynamics of their teams and uncover a whole host of new ways to invigorate them. As a professional facilitator I see this book as an indispensable resource.

Lencioni Rules

Lencioni again speaks clear, insightful & practical knowledge and concepts. This field guide is a must-have for everyone in a position of leadership and influence. The foundations of successful team building laid out in the "Five Dysfunctions of A Team" are built upon here with real world ideas on how to overcome the problems that undermine progress and harmonious achievement.

Following Up His BestSeller

A couple of years ago Mr. Lencioni published a book on the Five Dysfunctions of a Team. In it he listed the problems that if allowed to continue would destroy a teams effectiveness, and quite possibly destroy the team itself. As a result of questions and comments from readers he has produced this guide to specifically address how to overcome these dysfunctions. The particular points beind addressed include: Building Trust Mastering Conflict Achieving Commitment Embracing Accountability Focusing on Results. Each of these points is discussed with a view towards increasing the functionality of the team. This is followed by questions and comments from participants in classes and seminars and finally by some exercises in helping to build the team.