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Silos, Politics and Turf Wars: A Leadership Fable About Destroying the Barriers That Turn Colleagues Into Competitors
- ISBN13: 9780787976385
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
In yet another page-turner, New York Times best-selling author and acclaimed management expert Patrick Lencioni addresses the costly and maddening issue of silos, the barriers that create organizational politics. Silos devastate organizations, kill productivity, push good people out the door, and jeopardize the achievement of corporate goals. As with his other books, Lencioni writes Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars as a fictional—but eerily realistic—story…. More >>
Tags: About, Barriers, Colleagues, Competitors, Destroying, Fable, Into, Leadership, Politics, Silos, Turf, Turn, Wars
February 5th, 2010 at 4:47 am
This is the first review I write because I wasted time (not a lot though..) on this book. The author is very succesful in dumming down a prevelant and very important issue. The book is written as if the target group is five year olds. The “case studies” will make a first grader cringe. I am at a loss to understand why books like this get published.
The “great abs in 4 weeks” approach just doesn’t work with a subject like this. I am afraid you got to take it more seriously and dig deeper.
Rating: 1 / 5
February 5th, 2010 at 5:42 am
This book is well-written. It is easy to read and keeps your interest in general, although it is sometimes a little repetitious and slow. I guess the author repeats the point to make sure you get it.
Some of the author’s ideas are new and thought-provoking, but you have to wade through some material which sounds like every other book on this topic, as well. In any case, if you are patient you will take away some neat new ideas that you will find yourself using and referring to.
I like the examples and anecdotes he/she uses to illustrate his/her points – they are really interesting and I have found myself using the examples and referring to them in everyday conversations with people, which is great. I only wish that there were some more examples because it is not always easy to see the point when no example is offered.
Rating: 3 / 5
February 5th, 2010 at 7:32 am
Patrick Lencioni strikes an appealing tone in this fable about a genuinely good-hearted consultant who wants to help companies function better and show their people how to get along. His core message is that while many forces compel people to group into silos and fight each other, a leader can unify them around a common goal. It’s a good message, even a sensible and enlightening one. While you are reading this book, resolving these situations seems quite possible – and in many cases, it well may be. We, therefore, recommend this book to companies that are plagued by internal warfare. However, for some of them, it will serve only as an inspiration and a starting point, because its simplified structure does not address certain key issues. Fundamentally, since many of the fable’s examples emerge from unified meetings, what happens if your managers are so fractious you literally can’t get the whole team in the same room? Even more daunting, what if your leaders meet but cannot agree on a thematic goal? Since some management teams disagree about day-to-day functions, they’ll certainly have a tough time once individual silos are cemented in place. So, if you have sophisticated problems to solve, this book could be sort of hit or myth.
Rating: 4 / 5
February 5th, 2010 at 7:45 am
I was so excited to see the this book at the store – we all know about silos, politics, and turf wars. Having read all of Lencioni’s leadership fables, I couldn’t wait to read this one.
Such a disappointment! Lencioni spent more time writing about the conversations the lead character had with his wife about starting his consulting business than he did about how to tackle the Silos, Politics, and Turf wars. I couldn’t find any solutions anywhere in this book.
Would have given this zero stars if that was an option.
Rating: 1 / 5
February 5th, 2010 at 10:24 am
Lencioni is in fine form, and both his consulting insights and writing talent flow together well. His points are timely, and in any organization larger than 15 or 20 people, on the mark. His articulation of the thematic goal concept has application not only in the for profit world in which he spends most of his time, but in the non-profit sector where I reside. The conversation about the theory at the conclusion of the fable cinched the learning. Well done indeed.
Rating: 4 / 5