Posts Tagged with "the-five-dysfunctions-of-a-team"

Reference #505: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

In a cross-functional team, everyone is responsible for the success of every function.Read more →

Reference #506: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Politics is when people choose their words and actions based on how they want others to react rather than what they believe. A team that is political often focuses on the success of individuals rather than the team.Read more →

Reference #507: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

The need of some teams to reach complete consensus leads to inaction. These teams are unable to move beyond debate.Read more →

Reference #508: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Your first team is the team you give your loyalty and commitment to above all others. You can be a member of multiple teams. But you should not let your care for those teams come at the expense of your commitment to your team team.Read more →

Reference #509: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Organisations fail to achieve teamwork because they fall into five natural pitfalls. Lencioni calls these the five dysfunctions of a team. Each dysfunction builds upon the former. They are as follows:Read more →

Reference #510: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

The five dysfunctions of a team are interrelated. The success of a team is dependent on its ability to overcome them all. Given this interrelation, allowing even a single dysfunction to flourish causes teamwork to deteriorate.Read more →

Reference #511: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

The "five dysfunctions of a team" model can be inverted to see how members of a cohesive team behave:Read more →

Reference #512: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Without constant work, even the best teams deviate towards dysfunction.Read more →

Reference #513: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

In the context of building a team, trust is the confidence that your peer's intentions are good. You trust them to act in good faith.Read more →

Reference #514: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

To trust is to be vulnerable. For a team to focus all their energy on achieving their task, each member must expose their weaknesses, shortcomings, requests for help, and mistakes rather than concealing them.Read more →

Reference #515: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Below are a few tools to build trust in a team:Read more →

Reference #516: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

When building trust within a team, the leader's role is to be the first to demonstrate vulnerability. This vulnerability must be genuine.Read more →

Reference #517: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

All great relationships require productive conflict to grow.Read more →

Reference #518: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Though teams often avoid conflict reportedly to "save time", engaging in healthy conflict is generally more efficient than avoiding conflict entirely. Through conflict, issues are resolved rather than being continually raised without resolution.Read more →