![]() ![]() Highly functioning teams require a five key things: trust in one another, willingness to engage in conflict around ideas, commitment to decisions and plans, holding each other accountable for delivering and focus on achievement of collective results. ![]() It has many moments that will feel all to familiar for anyone who has worked on a less than stellar team. ![]() The book goes to great lengths to describe a team obsessed with individual ego and how this feels to work with. The Five Dysfunctions of Team is written in two parts: the first and most substantive part is a fable describing the fictional company DecisionTech and the work the incoming CEO, Kathryn, has to do to build a highly functioning executive team. Many of these things fall into a few themes: lack of clear direction and decision, low trust and individual rather than team victory. These lists are often heavily skewed to the bad - negatives are easier to spot than positives. When I have left each role I have worked in when I leave I spend time reflecting on what was good about the team and environment and what was done poorly. Teamwork is the ultimate competitive advantage Book summary: The five dysfunctions of a team ![]()
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