The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

A Leadership Fable, 20th Anniversary Edition

Patrick M. Lencioni

The book presents a model of five core dysfunctions that can cripple teams: absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability, and inattention to results. Through a fable about a struggling Silicon Valley firm, it illustrates how these dysfunctions manifest and provides practical strategies for overcoming them to build cohesive and effective teams.

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The Advantage

Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business

Patrick M. Lencioni

The book presents the concept that organizational health is the key to a company's success, surpassing all other business disciplines in importance. It provides a practical framework and actionable steps for leaders to achieve this health through building a cohesive leadership team, creating clarity, over-communicating clarity, and reinforcing clarity through human systems.

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The Motive

Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities

Patrick M. Lencioni

The book explores the often overlooked and uncomfortable reasons behind leaders' failure to fulfill their critical duties, emphasizing the importance of a leader's motive for taking on the role. It distinguishes between leaders who lead for the right reasons—service to others—and those who do so for self-serving purposes, and how this fundamental motive impacts their effectiveness and the health of their organizations.

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Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team

A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators

Patrick M. Lencioni

The book provides practical guidance for addressing common team challenges, presenting strategies and exercises to help leaders foster trust, encourage constructive conflict, achieve commitment, hold team members accountable, and focus on collective results. It serves as a hands-on supplement to Lencioni's theoretical framework on team dynamics, offering tools and advice for real-world application to build cohesive and effective teams.

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The Truth About Employee Engagement

A Fable About Addressing the Three Root Causes of Job Misery

Patrick M. Lencioni

The book presents a fable about a CEO who turns around a struggling company by tackling the three fundamental causes of job dissatisfaction: anonymity, irrelevance, and immeasurement. Through the narrative, it offers practical advice on how leaders can engage their employees by ensuring they feel understood, appreciated for their work's impact, and able to assess their own progress.

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The 6 Types of Working Genius

A Better Way to Understand Your Gifts, Your Frustrations, and Your Team

Patrick M. Lencioni

The book introduces a framework for identifying six distinct types of "working genius" that contribute to team success and personal satisfaction: Wonder, Invention, Discernment, Galvanizing, Enablement, and Tenacity. It provides insights and tools to help individuals and teams recognize their unique strengths and weaknesses, enabling them to collaborate more effectively and find greater fulfillment in their work.

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