- ISBN13: 9780787976378
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Product Description
In the years following the publication of Patrick Lencioni’s best-seller The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, fans have been clamoring for more information on how to implement the thoughts outlined in the book. In Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Lencioni offers more specific, practical guidance for overcoming the Five Dysfunctions—using tools, exercises, assessments, and real-world examples. He examines questions that all teams must question themselves: Are we really a team? How are we currently performing? Are we prepared to invest the time and energy required to be a fantastic team? Written concisely and to the point, this guide gives leaders, line managers, and consultants alike the tools they need to get their teams up and running quickly and effectively.
Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators
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Mandatory book for a class that failed to deliver academic quality work. While a nice enough read for airport commuters between flights, this book is rather simplistic and lacks that real impact. In small, this book talks about five dysfunctions, which are pretty well commonly understood by most managers/leaders. If it is a mandatory read or free, go for it, but there are plenty of other books out there that can provide better insight into team management like The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes and Posner.
Rating: 2 / 5
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I recomend and will use this service again.
Rating: 5 / 5
After reading the book, you just want to jump in there and start implementing the techniques described, but having the field guide makes it truly an easily understandable concept to implementation process. Now we need field guides for the other three books!
Rating: 5 / 5
This book is the perfect combination because it is an “simple read” that also contains specific how-to information in a section at the end of the book. I selected the book for a mandatory class project and hoped for the best. I was initially disappointed because the book starts out like a fictional novel, telling the tale of a Silicon Valley start-up company addressing its problems. But, I was quickly engrossed in the characters and lessons of the tale. Lencioni uses the characters of the book to demonstrate real-life examples of the dysfunctional behaviors that he describes. He uses the fictional CEO to clarify and outline each of the five dysfunctions of a team and then shows how the team works through each of the dysfunctions.
The use of the tale-telling method is effective for the illustration of the dysfunctions because it gives specific instances when the behavior is exhibited instead of simply describing the behavior- you get to “see” what each of the behaviors would look like in a real business setting.
As a counter-point to the “novel” section, Lencioni also includes a section at the end where he directly and specifically describes each of the dysfunctions. He starts with helpful suggestions on how to conduct a basic evaluation of your team to identify which of the dysfunctions are present. He then gives possible ways to start to overcome them and addresses the roles a leader can play in overcoming them.
While this book may not be in-depth or specific enough for a business manager, it provides a excellent broad introductory basis for anyone new to the management/leadership or group/team participation world. It provided a excellent overview and would allow a reader to immediately and quickly start to examine both the individual and the team for behaviors indicative of these dysfunctions and to start to work towards identifying and correcting them. Overall, a excellent quick read to help you increase awareness of both yourself and your group/team.
Rating: 5 / 5
Thanks much – I needed the books for work and had them quicker than expected.
Nancy
Rating: 5 / 5