"The Five Dysfunctions of a Team," Author Names Boston-Based Consulting Partner

BELMONT, MA (05/21/2007)(readMedia)-- The Table Group, a Patrick Lencioni Company, has broadened its consulting offerings via Boston-based partner consultant, SheerLine Associates. Russ Sabia, Principal of SheerLine Associates is one of a select group of trained independent consultants that works with teams and their leaders to improve organizational effectiveness using Lencioni's books and products.

Sabia has been consulting using The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and Lencioni's other materials for more than a year and has serviced clients ranging from high-tech to financial services to bio tech companies.

Patrick Lencioni is the best-selling author of six books, including the longstanding New York Times Best-Seller, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. Lencioni, and his firm, The Table Group have been consulting around the models outlined in Lencioni's books for nearly 10 years. Lencioni and his consulting partners have worked with hundreds of executive teams with clients such as Southwest Airlines, Cox Communications, Visa, and Washington Mutual.

As a Table Group Consulting Partner, SheerLine Associates is one of only a few official consultants for Patrick Lencioni's methodologies. The hallmark offering for the consulting partners is the two-day Table Group Leadership Team Offsite. During this fast paced session, a team can expect to: better understand the requirements of a high performing team; build trust; learn how to have productive ideological conflict; gain clarity around the organization's purpose, strategy and goals; ensure alignment; and gain a sense of momentum, energy and enthusiasm for the future.

After engaging SheerLine to work with his team, Steve Selfridge, CEO of Acsis Inc., said “The Acsis leadership team found the 2-day offsite meeting to be a valuable investment of our time. The focus on building both a smart and healthy organization was invaluable. It complimented as well as challenged our strategy leading us to a clearer vision of our goals and objectives. We worked hard and had a great deal of fun at the same time.”

Commenting on their team offsite, Michele Nivens, VP of Human Resources at Copyright Clearance Center said “The program our team experienced with SheerLine was very much worth our time. The session was enjoyable while being challenging to us in terms of our avoidance of conflict and how that can hinder a team’s development/effectiveness. Some of the more practical takeaways included a staff meeting format that has helped us stay focused in a very dynamic workplace.”

To learn more about SheerLine Associates team consulting services, go to www.sheerlineassociates.com.