"The Five Dysfunctions of a Team" by Patrick Lencioni
An excellent book about team building. Lencioni has a great reputation for business books and this one is no different. His writing style means that two thirds of the book is actually a fictional story, about a new CEO and the task she faces in bringing a very dysfunctional team together. One criticism you could therefore chuck at this book is that the dysfunctions (and therefore how you overcome them) is all fiction, and so it may not necessarily be realistic. But having had a few jobs myself, the points behind the story ring true and it was very illuminating.
Additionally, having been a business undergraduate for four and a half years (cannot wait to finish), it was refreshing to read a business book which had it's own ideas and was not referencing five million article on every page. In addition, it gets down to practicalities rather than sticking on theory, and actually gets off the fence and puts forward an opinion: something that many business academics would do well to take heed of.
Overall, a good book for anyone who is in or leading a team. Which is most people then. Very good.
7/10.
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