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Patrick Lencioni

team dysfunction / *The Five Dysfunctions of a Team*, *The Advantage*

Patrick Lencioni is an American author of books on business management, particularly in relation to team management. He is best known as the author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, a popular business fable that explores work team dynamics and suggests methods to help teams perform better. He has also applied his management techniques to families in The Three Big Questions for a Frantic Family.

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Frameworks

Attributed to Patrick Lencioni

Mental models, principles, and operating frameworks extracted from sources where Patrick is the credited author or speaker.

12frameworks
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Kathryn's Team Meeting Rhythm
Structure meeting cadence to sustain team health through regular, purposeful gatherings
Productivity·from untitled
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The Disagree-and-Commit Decision Protocol
Achieve buy-in through debate, not consensus or certainty
Strategy·from untitled
03
The First Team Principle
Your executive peer team must be your primary loyalty, not your department
Leadership·from untitled
04
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Pyramid
Fix five layered dysfunctions to build a cohesive, results-driven team
Leadership·from untitled
05
The Five Dysfunctions Pyramid
Teams fail from the bottom up: fix trust before anything else
Leadership·from The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team with Patrick Lencioni
06
The Ideal Team Player Model
Great teammates are humble, hungry, and smart with people
Leadership·from The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team with Patrick Lencioni
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The Lencioni Five Dysfunctions Pyramid Model
Build cohesive teams by overcoming five cascading dysfunctions from trust to results through a hierarchical pyramid of team behaviors
Leadership·from Lencioni Five Dysfunctions of a Team
08
The Organizational Health Advantage
Healthy organizations outperform smart ones every time
Leadership·from The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team with Patrick Lencioni
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The Productive Conflict Method
Replace artificial harmony with passionate ideological debate
Communication·from untitled
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The Team Scoreboard Method
Define collective results so clearly that individual ego has nowhere to hide
Strategy·from untitled
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The Trust-First Team Repair Protocol
Diagnose team dysfunction by starting at the foundation
Leadership·from The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Summary
12
The Vulnerability-Based Trust Framework
Build team trust through openness about weaknesses, not just reliability
Leadership·from untitled
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Framework distribution

12frameworks
Leadership8 frameworks · 66.7%
Strategy2 frameworks · 16.7%
Communication1 framework · 8.3%
Productivity1 framework · 0%
Bibliography

Sources by Patrick Lencioni

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10 May 2026
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