Building a High-Performing Team (Monday Mindset)

Are your meetings the kind people secretly wish they could “retreat back home” from? In this Monday Mindset episode, Nick and Wil unpack The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni and connect its simple pyramid to the real-life dynamics you see at work every day. They break down why so many teams struggle with trust, avoid healthy conflict, lack commitment, dodge accountability, and lose sight of results. From fixing pointless meetings to building psychological safety and shifting focus from titles to true impact, this conversation gives you practical ways to turn dysfunction into high performance.

Key Takeaways:

• Why The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is such a powerful leadership book, thanks to its narrative style plus practical workbook you can actually apply.
• How meetings reveal dysfunction: when people fear conflict, avoid tough topics, or multitask because they’re not engaged.
• Why trust is the non-negotiable foundation of any team, and how vulnerability, honesty about mistakes, and asking for help start to build it.
• How a new leader can step into an existing team and earn trust by listening first, learning the dynamics, and sharing a bit of personal story instead of charging in with orders.
• Why avoiding conflict doesn’t create harmony, it creates artificial agreement, slow decisions, and frustration.
• How lack of open debate leads to lack of commitment, because people never truly.
• The difference between targets and goals, and why your personal goal should sit above the target so you stretch without giving up at the first tough quarter.

Music is provided by DJ Aytiwan. Follow or contact Aytiwan on Instagram: Aytiwan Music