I recently asked the Leadership Team of Reflect Church to read Patrick Lencioni's bestselling business book "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team." I read the book in my preparation for our Leadership Advance in Tahoe in January. As I read through the fable, I couldn't help but to see the five dysfunctions playing themselves out in my own team. Because each dysfunction is intertwined with the others, if you discover one at work within your team, the others aren't far behind. Lencioni identifies the five dysfunctions as 1) Absence of Trust 2) Fear of Conflict 3) Lack of Commitment 4) Avoidance of Accountability 5) Inattention to Results.Preparing for Marriage Doesn't Suck at Reflect Church, I couldn't help but to compare the five dysfunctions of a team with common dysfunctions in a marriage. If a team is more than one persons united for a common goal, then marriage most certainly is a "team." A marriage consists of two different people, working towards a common goal of "oneness." However, it seems much easier to score an "assist" on the basketball court than at home.
My hope is over the next week to unpack five dysfunctions of a marriage using Patrick Lencioni's matrix of dysfunctions. It's been said that trust is the glue of relationships. Therefore, where there is an absence of trust, marriages rip apart.
