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The Humanevi newsletter
Once a week: 5 things worth your time.
1 story, 1 idea, 1 discovery, 1 tool, 1 book.
A leadership fable by Patrick Lencioni describing five failures, from lack of trust to inattention to results, that hold teams back.
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The model is easy to remember and carry into a meeting: absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability and inattention to results, in a sequence where each failure feeds the next. The story of an executive taking over a struggling company makes the concept concrete and opens room for conversations about the real team.
Leaders and managers who inherited a team with quiet friction, consultants and facilitators looking for a simple structure for workshops, and teams that want a shared vocabulary to discuss collaboration without pointing fingers.
The main part is a short, quick narrative, followed by a section that explains the model and suggests exercises. The fable is deliberately simplified and set in an American technology company; its characters and fixes are tidier than real life usually allows. The value lies in discussing the model with your own team.
An edition that includes the second part, with the model and assessment tools, is worth more than one containing only the fable. If you plan to use it with a group, consider buying copies for the team. Drive complements it on the individual side, and Crucial Conversations on the matter of healthy conflict.
