The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, by Patrick M. Lencioni, offers what it bills as a fable dramatizing a team’s shift from dysfunction to function. It’s a little annoyingly patronizing in how it lays out the fable, and it’s also annoying how much it relies upon stereotypes (e.g. the spectrum-ish CTO or the sort of diva marketing personality), but it’s also fairly useful and easy to follow, and it’s a small time investment. The five dysfunctions are (indented bullets are quotes from the book): Absence of trust (the bottom of the pyramid) Fear of conflict (building on absence of trust) Lack of commitment Avoidance of accountability Inattention to results In a nutshell, if you lack trust on your team, you likely also have a…