The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Ratings21
Average rating3.8
This book is well written to keep you engaged with this leadership lesson. Most leadership books are dull and boring this book is written in a story format that is engaging.
I strongly recommend this for anyone working in a business with > 100 employees or so. Very insightful and thought provoking, touching on the topic of Emotional Intelligence and Team Building.
This is a quick read that covers the food pyramid of team dysfunction:
- Inattention to Results
- Avoidance of Accountability
- Lack of Commitment
- Fear of Conflict
- Absence of Trust
At the core it’s another way of framing psychological safety as studied/made popular by Google research. There’s not a lot of depth here, but 3/4 of the book is actually a fictional story about a CEO hired to fix a company’s leadership, so it’s an engaging read that illustrates the ideas through story, rather than pontification.
The last quarter ends with a short summary of the principles used and how they work. Definitely worth the hour or so for anyone in a leadership role, and less heavy than a lot of business books, so perhaps a good initial read for someone wanting to start reading leadership books.
Very clear engaging and informative book. Interesting to be a fly on the wall in this imaginary executive suite.
A lesson for the C-suite fellas how to handle and build disconnected people.