

The good news is, if we can diagnose them, they're fixable.įortunately, author and management consultant Patrick Lencioni has more than three decades of experience developing successful teams, and he knows the secrets of why teamwork doesn't always make "the dreamwork." All Lencioni's books open with a fable and conclude with a model that serves as the basis for the story's solution. An absence of trust, a fear of conflict, a lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability, and inattention to results, are the five dysfunctions of why teams so often struggle. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team helps us identify and overcome the five root causes that lead to a team's failure. Humanity's most significant accomplishments have resulted from coordinated group behavior directed towards a common goal. The problem is, like it or not, teamwork is a necessity in almost everything we do. 'It's a group project' can be four dreaded words for some of us.
