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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

by Patrick M. Lencioni
April 2002
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
3h 20m
English
Jossey-Bass
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Chapter 25. FILM NOIR

No matter how many times Kathryn had built or refurbished teams, she never got used to watching the inevitable ebbs and flows. Why can't we just make progress in one fell swoop? she asked herself.

In theory, with Mikey and Martin now seemingly on board, it should have been relatively easy to make the team work. But Kathryn knew that reality did not usually match theory; she still had a long way to go. Two years of behavioral reinforcement around politics is a tough thing to break, and one lecture, no matter how compelling, is not going to do it. The painful, heavy lifting was still to come.

With just a few hours until the end of the first off-site, Kathryn was tempted to end the session early and send everyone back to work ...

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ISBN: 9780787960759