the five dysfunctions of a team cliff notes

She silently observes as many meetings as she can find time for. Instead, during this time, she walks the halls and talks with as many employees as she can. It was that she did almost nothing at all.” “It wasn’t that Kathryn did anything controversial or misplaced.

Aside from attending a welcome reception, she makes no formal decisions, convenes no special meetings, and in fact doesn’t even lead the regular meetings she does attend – she asks the former CEO to continue to run them while she observes. In her first two weeks as CEO, Kathryn does…almost nothing. But what I do want to do is highlight a key point he makes through the story, even before we start learning about dysfunctions. My purpose here is not to repeat those five dysfunctions and analyze them – Lencioni does an excellent job of those himself. It was fun to consider what I would do under those circumstances, and then see how he has Kathryn handle them. I found it interesting and engaging to see the many stumbling blocks that Lencioni throws in her way. Through the story of Katheryn’s experiences, Lencioni is able to explain what he sees as the five dysfunctions of a team. The story line follows her actions from the first days on the job, to turning her stalled executive team around. To stop the bleeding, the board fires the CEO and hires, Katheryn, an outsider, to step in. Critical deadlines were starting to slip, several key people abruptly left the company, and morale was plummeting. After a promising start two years ago, the company is fraught with problems. The book tells the story of a fictitious tech startup, DecisionTech. The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni was an enjoyable and engaging read about what it takes for a team to be successful. But what happens when the “teamwork” part erodes away and all you have left is a group of individuals masquerading as a team? How do you diagnose the problem and go about it curing it? A book I recently read does a great job of helping to answer those questions. We all know that in most cases you can accomplish more as a team than as an individual. What do you do when your team is falling apart?

The five dysfunctions of a team cliff notes