the five dysfunctions of a team cliff notes

'If you could get all the people in an organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time.' It is amazing how little some team members know about one another, and how just a small amount of information begins to break down barriers. Vulnerability-building exercises and personality profiles can help increase trust rapidly. Invest in getting 'naked' with your team.Encourage team members to hold each other accountable. Make sure action plans, milestones, and responsibilities are clearly defined so everyone knows who is carrying out what.

Collectively deciding on messaging after meetings in order to leave no room for interpretation or spinning. Force deadlines for decisions and make sure those decisions are made and communicated with input and ultimately full commitment across the team.

Seek out and encourage healthy conflicts at meetings – it's a necessary part of being an effective team. Constantly 'mine' for tensions and unresolved issues.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.

The five dysfunctions of a team cliff notes