![]() ![]() 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. 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. ![]() 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 company has capital coming out its ears, but its leadership team can’t stop tripping over their own feet. She must unite a team in such disarray that it threatens to derail the entire company. 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. For twenty years, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team has been engaging audiences with a page-turning, realistic fable that follows the travails of Kathryn Petersen, DecisionTechs CEO, as she faces the ultimate leadership crisis. 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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