Unmasking Team Dynamics: Overcoming The Five Dysfunctions

If your team struggles with trust, communication, or accountability, this book will help you fix it — from the inside out.

• Are meetings filled with awkward silence or subtle tension? • Do team members avoid accountability or hesitate to speak up? • Is your team busy — but not truly productive or aligned?

Every leader faces these challenges at some point. Team dysfunction isn’t a personality flaw — it’s a system problem. Fortunately, systems can be changed. In Unmasking Team Dynamics, you'll uncover the underlying causes of poor collaboration and learn how to replace them with trust, clarity, and commitment. Whether you're managing a team of 5 or 50, this book gives you a roadmap to turn dysfunction into dynamic synergy.

Inside this book, you’ll discover:

• The 5 major dysfunctions • that cripple most teams (and how to spot them fast) • Why trust is the foundation of performance — and how to build it intentionally • How to foster productive conflict • instead of avoiding it • The secret to gaining real commitment without forcing compliance • Proven ways to create a culture of peer-to-peer accountability • How to shift from individual success • to collective results • Step-by-step tools for running meetings that actually get things done • Case studies from teams who turned around using these methods • Simple diagnostics to measure your team’s current health • Techniques to surface hidden fears and resistance without confrontation

Worried this is too theoretical? It’s not. This book delivers actionable, real-world strategies you can apply immediately.

© 2025 Mhlonipheni Felix Shezi (Audiobook): 9798318105197

Release date

Audiobook: 7 June 2025