YFP Book Club

Hello, and welcome to YFP’s book club! Every six months YFP will announce a book that falls under the umbrella of professional-development and leadership to drive fruitful conversation and self-development.

The next book we will read is The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni. While reading, we suggest taking notes and highlighting sections that hit home for you most, to help facilitate conversation with other readers.

We will meet virtually to discuss the book on Thursday, October 30. Mike White of Brighton Best International will moderate the meeting. Click here for registration information.

You can access the book at:

The YFP Board and Regional Coordinators will raffle copies of the book at upcoming industry events too.

Thank you for joining, and we look forward to growing together!

Current Book

The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni

In his classic, best-selling book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni laid out a groundbreaking new approach for attacking the dangerous group behaviors that destroy teamwork. Here, he turns his focus to the individual member of a team, revealing the three indispensable virtues that make some people better team players than others. The Ideal Team Player presents a powerful framework and easy-to-use tools for identifying, hiring and developing ideal team players in any kind of organization. Whether you’re a leader striving to create a culture of teamwork, a human resources professional looking to hire real team players or an employee wanting to make yourself an invaluable team member, this book will prove to be as practical as it is compelling.

Learn more about The Ideal Team Player

About Patrick Lencioni

Pat is one of the founders of The Table Group and is the pioneer of the organizational health movement. He is the author of 13 books, which have sold over 8 million copies and been translated into more than 30 languages.

As President of the Table Group, Pat spends his time speaking and writing about leadership, teamwork, and organizational health and consulting with executives and their teams.

Prior to founding the firm in 1997, Pat worked at Bain & Company, Oracle Corporation and Sybase. Pat lives in the Bay Area with his wife and four boys.