Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick M. Lencioni · 2010
80/100
👍 Worth It
Lencioni tells a story instead of lecturing you, and the trust-conflict-commitment-accountability-results pyramid genuinely sticks in your head. It's been used in real team trainings for two decades for a reason -- simple, memorable, and useful even if it trades some academic rigor for readability.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety90
Substance / usefulness75
Craft & writing85
Originality75
Evidence & accuracy75
Hype vs delivers70
Age-fit85
Human-eye read88
Penny’s verdict80
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