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mikegray6's review
2.0
If you read this, start on page 175 and just read the last 50 pages. You'll get more from that than from the rest of the book. The first 175 are just there so this can be called a "book" and sold for $25+. The spacing and blank pages to make it longer are laughable. The author just tells his personal story for most of the time, with his attempt at humor far far too frequent. He admits in several stories in the book that explaining this concept takes no more than 20 minutes, while he has you reading a 225 page $28 book. It's frankly hilarious but also a ridiculous. The concepts are actually legit and I really like them, but you can learn them from their website and take an actual assessment for $25 vs buying this "book".
tbyrdistheword's review
informative
fast-paced
3.5
Informative. A new spin on how to use people's skills and potential. Quick read.
waterbear0821's review
reflective
medium-paced
2.5
Edit: I stand by my review below but after reflection, the book does explain why I am so incredibly obnoxious to work with, so I am adding an extra half-star so I can point at this book and tell my coworkers “see, I’m not intentionally useless and difficult! I just have extremely undervalued types of ‘genius.’” 😅
I read this after another of Lencioni’s books and this one was disappointing. It didn’t resonate with me and the “fable” style story fell flat. Maybe I do better with these types of books as audiobooks, but the writing struck me as (more) corny (than usual) and repetitive. And it was so clearly just retelling the author’s actual experience. It felt fake and self-aggrandizing in a weird way and also too political and about “good ol’ fashioned Christian values.” It lost credibility and the thesis didn’t land. Bleh.
I read this after another of Lencioni’s books and this one was disappointing. It didn’t resonate with me and the “fable” style story fell flat. Maybe I do better with these types of books as audiobooks, but the writing struck me as (more) corny (than usual) and repetitive. And it was so clearly just retelling the author’s actual experience. It felt fake and self-aggrandizing in a weird way and also too political and about “good ol’ fashioned Christian values.” It lost credibility and the thesis didn’t land. Bleh.