The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

From Kathy:

I was sent this book to read as part of the LDP program for an upcoming offsite.

I haven't read it all but it is a quick read so far (just got it on Friday and almost 1/2 done) and it is written in a "novel" type format (like a story) and therefore is entertaining too.

Found it interesting that the first stumbling block is "absence of trust" and without getting over it - there is no hope of moving forward. One way to tell this is if there are frequent and passionate debates or throwing out of ideas or passing around of ideas (think collaboration) - versus quiet meetings or ones where there are attacks (different than debates). Any good team I've been on has had this.

Also - my favorite quote (as a mother of a 7th grader):
"Kathryn did her best to conceal her distaste for sarcastic remarks, which she had developed teaching seventh graders"