6.+Inattention+to+Results

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**Overview of Dysfunction 5: Inattention To Results**
According to Lencioni (2002), the “ultimate dysfunction of a team is the tendency of members to care about something other than the collective goals of the group.” (p.216) What would a team member be focused on other than the group goals? Usually the prime candidates are focusing on their own team status or individual status. For some individuals, just being a part of the team is enough and they are not willing to put in the work or sacrifice of actually achieving specific results for the team goals. This happens most often in non-profits, political groups, academic departments, and prestigious companies. They are satisfied with merely making it into the group and are unwilling to risk losing this status by being honest with their progress and confronting others. Most often, members of a dysfunctional team tend to focus on enhancing their own positions or career moves at the expense of the team. A functional team must make the results of the group more important to each individual than individual members’ goals. (Lencioni,2002) A team that is not focused on their group results becomes stagnated, rarely defeats its competitors, is easily distracted, loses its achievement–oriented employees and produces team members that are focusing on their own careers and individual goals rather than the collective goals. (Lencioni, 2002) Failure unacceptable Recognition sought for others before self || Leader focus is on collective goals. Track near-term results. Measure objectives. || Public Declaration of Results Results-based Rewards || From the Union Baptist Association Web site. Leadership Teams Handout. http://www.ubahouston.org/files/Leadership%20Training/5%20dysfunctions%20of%20a%20Team%20-%20Handouts.pdf
 * = **MARKERS of High Results Teams** ||= **HINTS** ||= **TOOLS** ||
 * Individual sacrifices for team

**Overcoming Dysfunction 5**
To ensure that a team’s attention is focused on the group’s results, the results must be clear and only those behaviors and actions that contribute to those results are rewarded. //Results.// Team must make the goals or results clear, precise and more importantly public. This will drive home the importance of achieving their results //Rewards//. An effective way to ensure the focus is on the team results is to tie the members’ compensation to the achievement of specific team outcomes. (Lencioni, 2002)

**The Leader**
One of the primary functions of the group leader is to make the focus on the team results. The team leader must model that focus as well and objectively reserve rewards and recognition for those who are making real contributions to the achievement of the groups’ goals. (Lencioni, 2002)