The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

Author: Patrick Lencioni

I have had this book in my possession for several years and had picked it up a couple of times, but never really got down to reading it. I must confess that I was turned off by the fact that this was a made-up story. Of all the stories out there, the last thing I was interested in reading was a fable about senior management in a fictitious business. 

One fine weekend, I had run out of books to read and I picked this up again. This time, I was taken up by the very well written prose and even got into the story. Patrick does a great job of fleshing out the characters and does try to throw in an element of surprise or two. I found myself reflecting on our present team and trying to draw parallels with the Decision Tech corporation. I couldn’t stop turning the pages and was done in a couple of hours. This is an ideal book to read when you are starting out in a new team.