The biggest threat to your team isn't competition—it's internal dysfunction.
The biggest threat to your team isn't competition—it's internal dysfunction. The Five Silent Killers of Every Team: Why Great Organizations Collapse From the Inside Why do smart teams make poor decisions together? Why do smart people make poor decisions together? Why do organizations with brilliant employees struggle to execute? Why do some teams move mountains while others spend months blaming each other? The answer may surprise you. Most teams do not fail because of lack of intelligence. They fail because of a lack of trust, healthy conflict, commitment, accountability, and collective focus on results. As leadership expert Patrick Lencioni famously wrote: " Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage." And yet, teamwork is often the first thing organizations unknowingly destroy. The Cracked Bridge Analogy Imagine a beautiful bridge connecting two mountains. At first glance, it looks strong....