With more than 4 million copies sold and a trusted model, it is the definitive guide for building high-performing teams worldwide. Narrator Charles Stransky brings just enough dramatic flair to keep us invested in this Silicon Valley fable even as we’re plotting how to rewrite our own success story. The Five Behaviors was developed in partnership with Patrick Lencioni and is based on the New York Times best-seller, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. Giving us a tangible cast of characters to follow makes the book’s insights easier to digest and relate to, and the lessons of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team are relevant far beyond the the boardroom-as Lencioni points out, concepts like accountability are important any time people work together toward a common goal. We work through the five dysfunctions Absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability, and attention to results. As Lencioni walks us through the organization’s struggles, he calls out specific individual behaviors that prevent the entire management group from succeeding: One guy hates conflict, for example, while another refuses to take responsibility for his mistakes. The five dysfunctions are 1) absence of trust, 2) fear of conflict, 3) lack of commitment, 4) avoidance of accountability, and 5) inattention to results. The company has capital coming out its ears, but its leadership team can’t stop tripping over their own feet. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable explores how teams fail to work cohesively together through a dynamic, five-part model of dysfunction. Throughout the story, Lencioni reveals the five dysfunctions which go to the very heart of why teams even the best ones-often struggle. Management specialist Patrick Lencioni introduces us to a fictional Silicon Valley tech start-up that’s based on firms he’s helped in real life. Imagine the sitcom Silicon Valley, only retooled into a business guide that outlines five kinds of people that frequently derail management teams.

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