Revitalizing Teams

Team builders will, at one time or another, face the challenge of fostering group harmony in groups where there is inevitably going to be flaws due to human nature. According to author Patrick Lencioni, human beings are inherently dysfunctional. Too often, leaders try to unite dysfunctional teams. Therefore, team builders must recognize and drive groups to overcome certain behavioral tendencies, many of which are negative and can bring down an entire organization.

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Program may appear to be a three day workshop, but it is, in fact, based on practical needs and results. It has been designed by the author of the book to provide a structure and methodology for senior teams to become high performing. It is based on a simple and proven model using exercises that Fortune 500 companies have found useful.

The purpose of this program is to align the team under a common vision and direction while taking into account different objectives and needs. As stated in the Participant Material of Five Dysfunctions of a Team, the objective is simple: To make substantial progress to becoming a more cohesive team.

Measuring the progress and effectiveness of the team is not the same as looking at the individual skill sets and / or behaviors of the members that make up the team. Team builders will, at one time or another, face the challenge of fostering group harmony in groups where there are inevitably going to be flaws due to human nature. According to author Patrick Lencioni, human beings are inherently dysfunctional. Too often, leaders try to unite dysfunctional teams. Therefore, team builders must recognize and drive groups to overcome certain behavioral tendencies, many of which are negative and can bring down an entire organization.

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Best-Selling Author's Five Dysfunctions Questionnaire Indicates Trend: 68% of teams struggle to confront one another on unproductive actions and behaviors

(Lafayette, CA) June 24, 2006 – The Table Group, the consulting firm of business author Patrick Lencioni, identifies a major trend plaguing teams today — team members readily avoid holding their peers accountable for both their performance and behaviors that might hurt the team.
The trend is a conclusion of The Table Group’s Online Team Assessment, a 38 question online tool that evaluates teams based on the model outlined in Lencioni’s New York Times best–selling book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. Nearly 15,000 participants have taken the online assessment. A full 68% of teams scored "red" on accountability—or lowest on The Table Group’s three tiered rating scale of green-yellow-red. Other red scores for the remaining four dysfunctions include: absence of trust (44%), fear of conflict (39%), avoidance of commitment (25%) and inattention to results (28%).

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Revitalizing Teams

The use of teams, be they project teams or intact work teams, is seen as a logical approach to address these challenges. This modular program is seen as one avenue to provide newly restructured work teams with the opportunity to acquire the needed skills.

The course material adopts a facilitative approach to working with existing intact teams and should be considered a facilitated process. The "workshop" has been divided into ten modules with various lessons. For training objectives, delivery options and course outline click here.

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