The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
by Patrick Lencioni · Patrick Lencioni
Lencioni's leadership fable follows a new CEO fixing a broken executive team, then lays out the model behind it: absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability, and inattention to results.
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