In November I asked the D.E.B. to buy a copy of the book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team.  We agreed to have it read by Retreat and so this morning we met to review it – to record our impressions.  This good book by Patrick Lencioni is a not only a good story, but it has some good learnings for any team.  We will be continuing to work with the book, the Field Guide, the Participants workbook.

I would be pleased to share our experience in person if you ask.

In the meantime let me share of my own “take aways” from the book:

• Team work is hard
• Being on a team doesn’t make you a team member
• Struggling to be a team is not unique to one organization or another
• For a team to work there must be a willingness to be open to feedback
• Trust is essential
• The individual is not more important than the team
• It requires a committment and openness that may require some personal cost
• Communication is important – but that as important as trust

Here’s Lencioni’s five dsyfunctions: