The Five Dysfunctions
"The Secrets of Great Groups" by Warren Bennis discusses the “secrets” Warren Bennis has discovered through his research of various noteworthy groups such as the Manhattan Project, Lockheed Skunk Works, and Disney Studio animators. Bennis forms a list of ten principles that were a common occurrence amongst all the groups. This list included such things as “at the heart of every great group there is a shared dream” and “great groups make strong leaders”. Patrick Lencioni's "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team" lists five dysfunctions that can appear within a team. These include items like absence of trust and inattention to results. If any of the five dysfunctions is allowed to spread throughout a group, it could lead to the group deteriorating.
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These dysfunctions include fear of conflict, absence of trust, avoidance of accountability, inattention to results, and lack of commitment. I’ve chosen to focus on fear of conflict, which I feel can stop a group or team from truly growing and expanding. This dysfunction can cause issues within teams such as boring meetings resulting in teammates failing to pay attention, failing to tap into all the opinions and perspectives of team members limited the scope of a team and their goals, and creating environments where back-channel politics and personal attacks thrive, which eliminates all trust amongst teammates. Teams that show that they engage in conflict have interesting and lively meetings, utilize the ideas of all team members, and minimize politics. To build a great team, the team must be willing to avoid allowing these dysfunctions to take …show more content…
Rusesabagina was in a major conflict in his country, but he kept his hotel operational and in the face of the conflict that surrounded he still kept the dream of freedom and the safety of those in his care alive. He was thought only for himself and his families’ care in the beginning but abandoned that to seek out the freedom of hundreds of other who he took in. He did not fear conflict even when his situations seemed dire and committed to his goal of getting everyone in his care out of the country safe. Harriet Tubman also displayed traits Bennis said were essential in a great team leader. She generated trust among those she was escorting to freedom, she was a purveyor of hope, and she provided direction and meaning to those in
These dysfunctions include fear of conflict, absence of trust, avoidance of accountability, inattention to results, and lack of commitment. I’ve chosen to focus on fear of conflict, which I feel can stop a group or team from truly growing and expanding. This dysfunction can cause issues within teams such as boring meetings resulting in teammates failing to pay attention, failing to tap into all the opinions and perspectives of team members limited the scope of a team and their goals, and creating environments where back-channel politics and personal attacks thrive, which eliminates all trust amongst teammates. Teams that show that they engage in conflict have interesting and lively meetings, utilize the ideas of all team members, and minimize politics. To build a great team, the team must be willing to avoid allowing these dysfunctions to take …show more content…
Rusesabagina was in a major conflict in his country, but he kept his hotel operational and in the face of the conflict that surrounded he still kept the dream of freedom and the safety of those in his care alive. He was thought only for himself and his families’ care in the beginning but abandoned that to seek out the freedom of hundreds of other who he took in. He did not fear conflict even when his situations seemed dire and committed to his goal of getting everyone in his care out of the country safe. Harriet Tubman also displayed traits Bennis said were essential in a great team leader. She generated trust among those she was escorting to freedom, she was a purveyor of hope, and she provided direction and meaning to those in