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Review title: A leadership fable -- emphasis on the "fable"
Product review: This book is making the rounds at the Silicon Valley company where I work. Last week I was asked to read it by one of our technical leaders. I have a couple of major issues with this book. First, as the title says, it's a "fable" -- the people are fictitious, and none of the situations in the book really happened. The author can make up anything he wants to. Second, the author states that the foundation of teamwork is trust. "Trust" is defined as being comfortable enough with your fellow team members to be vulnerable with them. The fictitious characters in the book begin to establish trust at an offsite when they reveal events from their childhoods. I guess this could work if we lived in a perfect world where people don't come from dysfunctional families and everyone you work with is trustworthy. That's just not reality. I'm giving this a 2-star rating because it's an entertaining read -- as fiction.
