


are your goals as clear and actionable as a basketball scoreboard? Collective goals can't just be pinned on the wall – they must truly come above everything else (individual or departmental achievement) and drive decisions and behavior. Create a "team scorecard" of collective goals.

There's a high level of trust and a willingness for engaging in unfiltered debates.īut great teamwork is hard, especially in the high-paced political climate of corporate America, and teamwork deteriorates if even a single dysfunction is allowed to flourish, like a chain with just one link broken. To describe the content of the book in a gist: a great team is focused on the achievement of a clear set of collective results, with a clear plan that they hold one another accountable to. After reading this book, I ordered copies of this book to the rest of my leadership team and have begun putting a lot of the suggested solutions to practice. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team - by Patrick Lencioniįive Dysfunctions of a Team should be required reading for anyone who is part of a team, especially at the leadership level.
