--- title: How Healthy Teams Make Beautiful Music description: About 15 years ago author Patrick Lencioni wrote a book called The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. 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Bergey](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/hubfs/Consultant%20Headshots%20(NEW)/Philip%20C.%20Bergey%20Headshot%20(300x300).png) by [Philip C. Bergey](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/leadership-meets-life-blog/author/philip-c-bergey) May 31, 2017 ![Music](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Music.png?width=525&name=Music.png) About 15 years ago author Patrick Lencioni wrote a book called *The Five Dysfunctions of a Team*. Now over 2 million copies later, Lencioni’s leadership principles are as true as ever. **The point of Lencioni’s book is simple: ** - A working team needs enough **TRUST** to have meaningful conversations - Meaningful conversations that matter lead to some levels of **CONFLICT** - Constructive conflict allows team members to **COMMIT** to what they helped shape - Commitment is the basis for willingness to be held **ACCOUNTABLE** - Accountability consistently leads to growth and excellent **RESULTS** **Harmony?** Many teams have members who like each other enough to talk, laugh or even have drinks together. But they don’t trust each other enough to tangle over things that matter. So what often presents as harmony is actually limited engagement. It’s a false harmony. When trust levels are low, teams generally get along with each other to minimize conflict. When teammates don’t actually say what they really think or believe, decisions are made that are much weaker than necessary. Weak decisions that result in poor processes or products are difficult to commit to by teammates. ![PCB_May17 (1)](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/hs-fs/hubfs/PCB_May17%20(1).png?width=888&height=508&name=PCB_May17%20(1).png) **Discord?** The opposite of false harmony is frequent discord. Rolling eyes, cynical comments, snide remarks, and outright attacks of the person instead of the idea being debated is often limited to those willing or eager to enter into arguments. But fighting isn’t the same as constructive conflict. When trust levels are sufficiently high, healthy teammates call each other out on personal attacks and refocus conversation on the idea at hand. Teams that trust each other know that work is improved when the best ideas and changes to proposals have a chance to be surfaced. The best ideas get implemented. Products and processes are stronger than originally presented. And teammates are willing to commit to building on the shared work. **Sweet Music!** When teams believe in what they build, commitment and accountability become realistic and meaningful options. And when that happens, people grow, teams become healthy, and excellent results are the outcome. This creates sweet music not only to the team, but to the larger business, and especially to the customer. ***This article was originally featured in Fine Living Lancaster Magazine Issue #41.***   *[![Phil Bergey](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Phil%20Bergey%20Headshot%20(1).png?width=100&name=Phil%20Bergey%20Headshot%20(1).png)](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/philip-bergey-about-rev) On the journey with you, *[![Philip C. 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