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Mentioned in 75 episodes

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

A Leadership Fable

Book • 2024

This book explores the fundamental causes of team failure and organizational politics through a narrative about a fictional company, DecisionTech, Inc. It outlines five dysfunctions: absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability, and inattention to results.

The book provides practical advice and real-world examples to help teams overcome these dysfunctions and become high-performing teams.

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Mentioned in 75 episodes

Recommended by

Reed Hastings

for its insights on teamwork and organizational dysfunction.

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Mentioned by

Shaan Puri

as a book that describes an experience that he has had in corporate and management life.

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Chamath Palihapitiya

for its insights into team dynamics and the importance of addressing conflict.

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Recommended by

Jonathan Lowenhar

as a book that highlights common problematic archetypes in leadership groups.

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as a fable-style book on team dynamics.

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Mentioned by

Ali Abdaal

in relation to Shortform, highlighting its use for revisiting key lessons from the book.

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Mentioned by

Lewis Howes

to introduce a new assessment created by its author to help people identify their working geniuses.

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Recommended by

Sarah Tavel

to founders as insightful and fast reads.

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Mentioned by

Lewis Howes

, referencing Patrick Lencioni's work and a related assessment tool.

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Recommended by

Frank Slootman

for its insights on organizational health and team dynamics.

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Mentioned by

Lewis Howes

as an introduction to Patrick Lencioni's new assessment for identifying working geniuses.

170 snips

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Recommended by

Steph Smith

as a book that describes team dysfunctions.

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Mentioned by

Bryan Harris

while discussing the importance of trust in teams.

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Recommended by

Auren Hoffman

, who mentions having read it multiple times and being a big fan.

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Mentioned by

Lewis Howes

as a classic book whose author has created a new assessment to identify working geniuses.

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Mentioned by

Lewis Howes

as the author of "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team", introducing a new assessment to identify working geniuses.

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Mentioned as the author of a book with an assessment used by over a million people to identify their working geniuses.

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Mentioned by

Teresa Torres

as one of the books she has read on executive teams.

69 snips

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Mentioned by Mike in the context of a book with powerful ideas, despite an initially absurd narrative.

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Recommended by

Yaniv Bernstein

as his favorite book in the area of team management.

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