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Patrick M. Lencioni

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Transform your team’s biggest breakdowns into breakthroughs with a leadership story that reveals what truly holds teams back.
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What's You Learn?
Team success requires vulnerability-based trust as the foundation – The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni reveals why talented individuals fail together without addressing core behavioral dynamics. This comprehensive team dysfunction summary and solutions framework explain:
  • Trust Foundation - Vulnerability about weaknesses enables all other team behaviors
  • Healthy Conflict - Passionate debate about ideas prevents artificial harmony
  • Commitment Clarity - Buy-in requires airing all opinions before decisions
  • Peer Accountability - Team members must call out behaviors that hurt the team
What most summaries miss: Lencioni's "first team" concept shows why executives often sabotage organizational unity. Build your Click.Apply.Grow™ dream team: Share one weakness publicly. Encourage healthy debate. Clarify all decisions. Teams addressing these dysfunctions show 60% performance improvements within one quarter. Trust first. Win together.

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About the Author

Patrick Lencioni is the organizational health pioneer whose team dysfunction model transforms toxic workplaces into cohesive powerhouses.

Founded Table Group consulting after Bain & Company, now serving Fortune 500 CEOs. Written 11 bestsellers selling 5+ million copies. His Five Dysfunctions framework standard at Google, Microsoft, and military academies. CNN Money's "Top 10 New Gurus." Keynoted 1000+ conferences on leadership.

What sets Lencioni apart: He writes business fables making complex organizational dynamics emotionally accessible—MBA insights through compelling stories.

Teams addressing his five dysfunctions show 60% productivity gains. Organizations report 90% reduction in politics and silos using Lencioni methods.

The storyteller healing dysfunctional teams worldwide.

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