I recently read the book “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable”. It was referred to me by one of my mentors. It was a very enlightening read. I identified with many of the people in the team described in this book. Sometimes the protagonist and often times with the antagonists. It was a good awakening in terms of self-awareness of both what it means to be a team and a catalyst for sometimes damning self-evaluation.

  1. Absence of trust
  2. Great teams don’t hold back from one another.
  3. Pushing back