Reviews

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Manga Edition): An Illustrated Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni

multilingual_s's review

funny informative fast-paced

4.5

The only fun book about business I've ever read. Towards the end the summary chapter felt a bit abstract and repetitive but I loved the story and I think I recognized some stuff from my own work life and learned some New things too.

benrogerswpg's review

3.0

I enjoyed it.

A great companion read to [b:The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable|21343|The Five Dysfunctions of a Team A Leadership Fable|Patrick Lencioni|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1400841022l/21343._SY75_.jpg|22516].

To me, it had about the same impact of the original book, but I did enjoy the lessons all the same.

Good refresher!

Would recommend reading the book version instead.

3.2/5

felipu's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

poenaestante's review

5.0

I recently started a new job and am again on the executive team. I really like this company and role and I am looking to avoid some of the pitfalls of the past. The fact that this was a manga, made it a quick and refreshing take on a business book, focused on teaching lessons through narrative rather than just dry text and diagrams. I was able to apply many of the lessons and exercises right away and look forward to sharing it with the rest of leadership.

adriapeters's review

informative reflective slow-paced

2.0

charleslestari's review

3.0

Not too bad

yazerk's review

4.0

The famous book's manga edition. It is as impactful as the original, however the illustrator's style was a disappointment for me.

smartyboots's review

2.0

I can’t really recommend this, because the art is uneven and the lettering is atrocious. Aside from that it seems to be a pretty faithful representation of the prose book. Having illustrations definitely made it easier to tell the characters apart than I think they would have been in the prose book.

andras's review

4.0

The story is very engaging, I read it in one sitting. I liked the cliff-hangers and the suspense throughout the book ("Who's gonna be fired at the next retreat, tell me already!"). The model of dysfunctions built on top of each other made sense to me, and I see how they lead to bad results. I think my own team is highly functional in general and this story made me realize why trust and conflict are so important. It made me appreciate that we have it, and I'll work hard on keeping it going. However, I also recognized how we sometimes follow dysfunctional patterns, and how they might lead to sub-optimal outcomes. While most of the prescriptions presented here were too corporate-y for my taste, just recognizing the problems seems to be getting me halfway to solving them.

All models are wrong, some models are useful. This is a useful one, presented in a highly engaging style. Read it if you work in a team.