The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, 20th Anniversary Edition

“Trust is the foundation of real teamwork. And so the first dysfunction is a failure on the part of team members to understand and open up to one another.

Discipline 1: Build a Cohesive Leadership Team — The leadership team is small enough (three to ten people) to be effective. — Members of the team trust one another and can be genuinely vulnerable with each other. — Team members regularly engage in productive, unfiltered conflict around important issues. — The team leaves meetings with clear-cut, ac

Discipline 2: Create Clarity — Members of the leadership team know, agree on, and are passionate about the reason that the organization exists. — The leadership team has clarified and embraced a small, specific set of behavioral values. — Leaders are clear and aligned around a strategy that helps them define success and differentiate from competito