Lencioni, Patrick

Presents a practical guide for leaders, managers, and facilitators that addresses how to overcome the five basic dysfunctions of a team and shows how to build trust, master conflict, achieve commitment, become accountable, and focus on results.

A comic book version of the leadership fable in which Kathryn Petersen, new CEO at DecisionTech, begins to doubt the wisdom of having come out of retirement when she encounters chaos and challenges at every turn.

Argues that the difference between successful and mediocre companies is their organizational health, explaining that an organization is healthy when it is whole, consistent and complete, when its management, operations and culture are unified.

Exposes five dysfunctions that can cause work teams to struggle through a leadership fable in which Kathryn Petersen, new CEO at DecisionTech, begins to doubt the wisdom of having come out of retirement when she encounters chaos and challenges at every turn.