Book Review: The Five Dysfunctions Of A Team

In this episode of Messy in the Middle, Ed Billings, and Jefi Moultrie discuss key topics from the book “The Five Dysfunctions Of A Team”, by Author Patrick Lencioni. They talk about the five necessary elements to becoming a successful and impactful team. From healthy conflict to building trust, they share how understanding these five elements have helped them as business leaders and teammates. 

 

They also discuss what leaders are responsible for and the power of their commitment to their team.

QUOTES

• “If you have a team that is working together, everybody needs to know that they can say what is important to them, own their mistakes, own their successes, and be in an environment where they can share that. It is really important.” -Ed Billings [03:50]

 

• “I think that no matter what when you are asking your team to be vulnerable you always have to be vulnerable first as the leader. Every time you do that or say I am sorry I let you guys down, you are creating trust and it helps them know it is ok to make a mistake.” -Jefi Moultrie [13:18]

TIMESTAMPS

• [00:20] Intro
• [02:05] Absence of trust
• [04:25] Fear of conflict
• [06:29] Commitment 
• [07:35] Avoidance of accountability 
• [09:30] Results
• [18:04] Passivity
• [24:35] Jefi and Ed’s experiences with this model
• [28:13] Outro

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