Those who have worked in community and economic development in West Virginia or other regions have certainly experienced the meltdown of what seemed like a promising initiative. What goes wrong when an energetic group gets together with a great idea, but it fails to take hold and produce anything significant?
Author Patrick Lencioni addresses this problem at the root level in his book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. In it, he outlines how projects get off on the wrong foot from the beginning by not focusing on the development of a healthy team environment. After all, it’s people who have to bring the idea to life and implement it.
Here are the five dysfunctions Lencioni outlines. How many have you experienced in trying to pull together a community or region towards a common goal?
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