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November 26, 2008 - Patrick Lencioni’s leadership fable takes to the stage again, this time in the sensational new guise of an English-language manga edition of his bestselling title, The Five Dysfunctions of A Team, that has sold over 1 million copies and was lauded by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek – making it to their respective bestseller lists.
Published by John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: An Illustrated Leadership Fable, Manga Edition (ISBN: 978-0-470-82338-5) explores Lencioni’s powerful theory about the five behaviors that corrupt teams.
Lencioni identifies five behavioral tendencies commonplace in all workplaces that corrupt teams and impede them and their companies from reaching success. The author’s insights are both groundbreaking and simple, and they are now presented in a cartoon-strip that can be easily understood and applied in any organization – making it a fun-filled must-read for anyone who works in a team setting.
About the Author:
Patrick Lencioni is founder and president of The Table Group, a management consulting firm specializing in executive team development and organizational health. As a consultant and keynote speaker, he has worked with thousands of senior executives in organizations ranging from Fortune 500s and high-tech start-ups to universities and nonprofits, including Southwest Airlines, Sam’s Club, Microsoft, New York Life, Cox Communications, Washington Mutual, Visa, FedEx, and the US Military Academy at West Point. He is the author of seven books which have sold nearly two million copies total, including the New York Times best-seller The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, The Three Signs of a Miserable Job, Silos, Politics and Turf Wars, and Death by Meeting.
Illustrator Kensuke Okabayashi, author of Manga for Dummies, was a graduate of the School of Visual Arts; his works are being represented by various illustration agencies in New York City. His storyboards for A-list clients include Diesel Clothing, Diet Coke, Diet Pepsi, Canon Digital, Absolute Vodka, and All Nippon Airlines. Okabayashi is also a recipient of several awards acknowledging his artistic talent, and is an instructor at Mercer College (NJ) and at Educational Alliance Art School in NYC.
Table of Contents and additional information on the book is available on: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470823380.html
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Ms Camy Boey
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