Getting Naked is another brilliant leadership/management book by Lencioni. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team was the first one I read. In it, Lencioni pinpointed why teamwork and management groups and committees so often go horribly wrong. In Getting Naked, he explores three fears underlying the five dysfunctions, including fear of being genuine and open about what you think, the "touchy/feely" stuff that IS now taught in MBA programs. A recent graduate of the Stanford MBA program told me that the "touchy/feely" communication course was the best MBA course he took.

Lencioni explores this territory through case studies which he calls fables. In Getting Naked, a manager in a large consulting firm has to go beyond his comfort zone of phoniness and discover what it means to really connect with one's clients.

This short book is a quick easy read, like Lencioni's other books, and has relevence to any relationship you are in, not just professional ones.