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Patrick Lencioni is an American writer recognized for his business books that concentrate on leadership and organizational effectiveness. Born in 1965, he has penned several best-selling titles that have been translated into numerous languages.

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“Experiential team exercises can be valuable tools for enhancing teamwork as long as they are layered upon more fundamental and relevant processes.”

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“Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.”

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

“Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.”

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

“It's as simple as this. When people don't unload their opinions and feel like they've been listened to, they won't really get on board.”

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

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

“Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.”

“Members of trusting teams accept questions and input about their areas or responsibility, appreciate and tap into one another's skills and experiences, and look forward to meetings and other opportunities to work as a group.”

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“Trust is the confidence among team members that their peers' intentions are good, and that there is no reason to be protective or careful around the group. In essence, teammates are not comfortable being vulnerable with one another.”

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“Achieving vulnerability-based trust (where team members have overcome their need for invulnerability) is difficult because in the course of career advancement and education, most successful people learn to be competitive with their peers, and protective of their reputations. It is a challenge for them to turn those instincts off for the good of the team, but that is exactly what is required.”

“Trust is the foundation of real teamwork (there is nothing touchy-feely about this).”

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“The key ingredient to building trust is not time. It is courage.”

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Book:Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators

Source: Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators

“Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.”

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

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

“Teamwork remains a sustainable competitive advantage that has been largely untapped because it is hard to measure (teamwork impacts the outcome of an organization in such comprehensive and invasive ways that it's virtually impossible to isolate it as a single variable) and because it is extremely hard to achieve (it requires levels of courage and discipline that few executives possess) - ironically, building a strong team is very simple (it doesn't require masterful insights or tactics).”

“Trust is the foundation of real teamwork. And so the first dysfunction is a failure on the part of team members to understand and open up to one another. And if that sounds touchy-feely, let me explain, because there is nothing soft about it. It is an absolutely critical part of building a team. In fact, it’s probably the most critical.”

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

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

“Open, frank communication is the lynchpin to teamwork. A fractured team is like a fractured bone; fixing it is always painful and sometimes you have to re-break it to heal it fully - and the re-break always hurts more because it is intentional.”

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