The Five Dysfunctions of a Team a Leadership Fable

Assef is the antagonist in The Kite Runner. Assef was a Pashtun whose father was friends with Baba. He was very against Hazaras and Pashtuns becoming friends so he picked on and bullied Hassan and Amir for that reason. Assef had a mindset similar to Hitler’s in the sense that he wanted to eliminate a race of people: the Hazaras. Assef views the Hazara people as worthless so when he takes advantage of Hassan, he feels no guilt because he does not think of him as human. One of Assef’s friends protests that raping someone is ‘sinful’ he replies saying, “there’s nothing sinful about teaching a lesson to a disrespectful… It’s just a Hazara.”(Hosseini80). Regardless of what Assef thought, Hassan was a person, and he lost his innocence when Assef raped him. This was illustrated when Amir describes Hassan’s face when he was being advantage of as, “the look of the lamb.”(Hosseini81). Throughout the novel, he remains a character with no conscience or remorse. Assef was the type of character who needs to feel in power over and victimizes the weak links. Later on in the novel when Amir goes

In The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini uses the archetype the villain, which can be seen in Assef. He lacks any emotions besides anger and rage and takes pleasure out of harming other people. Assef also has many similar traits at as a psychopath and sociopath. Assef’s mindset and thinking is very similar to Hitler's, he adores a monster like him. The main goal of the villain is to make the hero's life as miserable as possible. When Assef raped Hassan, this moment completely changed Amir and Hassan's relationship and caused Amir a significant amount of guilt towards Hassan. Assef, however is not a typical villain, but is the definition of pure

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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni is a leadership fable centered on a fictitious up and coming technology firm called DecisionTech. DecisionTech located outside of Silicon Valley. Patrick Lencioni used this fictitious technology firm and its executive team, also known as “The Staff,” with very diverse characteristics to explain his five dysfunctions of a team. In addition to how each of the dysfunctions can hurt not only the team but also the company.

Throughout the beginning of the book ‘The Five Dysfunction of a Team” by Patrick Lencioni it was apparent that the DecisionTech, Inc. executive team was not a team at all. This group of individuals lacked some of the key attributes that make great teams. One of the most important attributes that was being neglected was that the executive group did not have interdependent members. This attribute was highlighted in the beginning of the book when the author said “Backstabbing among the executives had become an art. There was no sense of unity or camaraderie on the team, which translated into a muted level of commitment” (7). Due to the executive teams lack of interdependence, critical deadlines began to slip and morale deteriorated.

Assef is a blessed man. He has qualities every boy or man would want, excluding his sociopathic

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Teamwork is essential for competing in today's global arena, where individual perfection is not as desirable as a high level of collective performance. In knowledge based enterprises, teams are the norm rather than the exception. A critical feature of these teams is that they have a significant degree of empowerment, or decision-making authority. There are many different kinds of teams:

Assef is the local bully and tries to rape Hassan since he defies them in order to protect Amir’s kite. Before the rape occurs, Amir describes Hassan’s face as having “resignation in it… the look of the

However, Assef carries the theme of guilt and regret throughout most of the book. Assef influenced Amir’s life negatively, however, if Assef would not have raped Hassan, the sequence of events resulting would have changed dramatically. Originally Assef caused Amir to think of himself as a horrible person, but in the end Amir felt relief when he brought Sohrab to a better place. When Amir freed Sohrab from the abuse of Assef, he also freed himself from the guilt he had experienced for years. But, most importantly he freed Hassan from the pain of betrayal he had died with. Assef has brought dark skies to Amir’s life, but in the end brought sunshine as Amir saved

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running one group for six months or longer seems quite exorbitant! The theme of this book was based on an organizational approach to effective team building skills. The fable began by giving a brief background of the cooperation, DecisionTech, Inc. which was what this story was centered around. There was a new CEO, of the corporation, Kathryn, and her main task was to create effective teamwork among her staff who were the key leaders of this company. After observing the interaction and dialogue of all team members for several weeks, she finally decided to call an off-site meeting and invited her staff members to attend. The meeting was to take place just far enough to where

If we were randomly asked to define the word “team” many of us would have numerous variations of this multifaceted word; some would proclaim it means helping others, backing one another while others might define it as unanimity or culpability. The French associate the word team, with the slogan “Esprit de corps” a majestic word that was adopted by the United States Marine Corps. This matchless catchphrase means: “a sense of unity, of enthusiasm for common interests and responsibilities.” As early as childhood it has been ingrained into us that teamwork is congenial and effortlessly achieved. When in fact it wasn’t until society was introduced to Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team, written by Patrick Lencioni, did civilization start to realize that teamwork is hard to measure and even harder to achieve because the has been loosely used as well as misinterpret. Lencioni understands that teamwork is a difficult thing to measure and achieve, his book reminds us that the power that comes from teamwork cannot be denied. It would be hypothesized that through the authors’ comprehensive exploration and methodical examination, he reveals ways for civilization to comprehend the term as well as employ each other successful; conversely this can’t be done until the dysfunctional factor is properly identified and controlled. Hence the reason for his in-depth plunge in explaining the five dysfunctions and method that can be utilized by teams to overcome the dysfunctionalities.

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