

In keeping with the parable style, Lencioni ( The Five Temptations of a CEO) begins by telling the fable of woman who, as CEO of a struggling Silicon Valley firm, took control of a dysfunctional executive committee and helped its members succeed as a team. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc ISBN: 9780787960759 Number of pages: 256 Weight: 386 g Dimensions: 213 x 147 x 28 mm MEDIA REVIEWS This special anniversary edition celebrates one of the best-selling business books of all time with a new foreword from the author that reflects on its legacy and lessons. Today, the lessons in The Five Dysfunctions of a Team are more relevant than ever. He offers a powerful model and step-by-step guide for overcoming those dysfunctions and getting every one rowing in the same direction. She must unite a team in such disarray that it threatens to derail the entire company.Įqual parts leadership fable and business handbook, this definitive source on teamwork by Patrick Lencioni reveals the five behavioral tendencies that go to the heart of why even the best teams struggle. What she could not have known when she accepted the job, however, was just how dysfunctional her team was, and how team members would challenge her in ways that no one ever had before.įor twenty years, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team has been engaging audiences with a page-turning, realistic fable that follows the travails of Kathryn Petersen, DecisionTech's CEO, as she faces the ultimate leadership crisis. After all, retirement had made her antsy, and nothing excited her more than a challenge.


But Kathryn knew there was little chance she would have turned it down. The New York Times best-selling team leadership handbook for modern executives, managers, and organizationsĪfter her first two weeks observing the problems at DecisionTech, Kathryn Petersen, its new CEO, had more than a few moments when she wondered if she should have taken the job.
