Like a good marriage, trust on a team is never complete; it must be maintained over time. — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
A functional team must make the collective results of the group more important to each individual than individual members' goals. — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team. — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability. — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Members of great teams confront each other when they see something that isn't serving the team. — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Building a strong team is both possible and remarkably simple. But is painfully difficult. — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Trust is the foundation of real teamwork (there is nothing touchy-feely about this). — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
I've seen it again and again in my consulting: Most teams are too large to be innovative, despite their leaders' best intentions. — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
When team members trust each other and know that everyone is capable of admitting when they're wrong, then conflict becomes nothing more… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Team members who are not genuinely open with one another about their mistakes and weaknesses make it impossible to build a foundation… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Members of trusting teams accept questions and input about their areas or responsibility, appreciate and tap into one another's skills and experiences,… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Trust is the confidence among team members that their peers' intentions are good, and that there is no reason to be protective… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Experiential team exercises can be valuable tools for enhancing teamwork as long as they are layered upon more fundamental and relevant processes. — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Team members have to hold each other accountable. If there's a meeting, all members have to commit to be present and to… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Team members need to be able to admit their weaknesses and mistakes, to acknowledge the strengths of others, and to apologize when… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Members of trusting teams admit weaknesses and mistakes, take risks in offering feedback and assistance, and focus time and energy on important… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Teamwork remains a sustainable competitive advantage that has been largely untapped because it is hard to measure (teamwork impacts the outcome of… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
“First, we go figure out how to recognize a real team player, the kind of person who can easily build trust, engage… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
When team members openly and passionately share their opinions about a decision, they don't wonder whether anyone is holding back. Then, when… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
“Because when a team recovers from an incident of destructive conflict, it builds confidence that it can survive such an event, which… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
The team you belong to must come ahead of the team you lead: this is putting team results (e.g., organizational needs) ahead… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
As difficult as it is to build a team, it is not complicated. In fact, keeping it simple is critical, whether you… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Trust is the confidence among team members that their peers' intentions are good, and that there is no reason to be protective… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
“Keep in mind that a real team should be spending considerable time together in meetings and working sessions. In fact, it is… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
“Therefore, it is key that leaders demonstrate restraint when their people engage in conflict, and allow resolution to occur naturally, as messy… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
On great teams - the kind where people trust each other, engage in open conflict, and then commit to decisions - team… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Building a cohesive leadership team is the first critical step that an organization must take if it is to have the best… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Teamwork requires some sacrifice up front; people who work as a team have to put the collective needs of the group ahead… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
The best kind of accountability on a team is peer-to-peer. Peer pressure is more efficient and effective than going to the leader,… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
For organizations seriously committed to making teamwork a cultural reality, I'm convinced that 'the right people' are the ones who have three… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Make sure that the people at the top are working together and there aren't divisions of labor. Don't have people working in… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Team members have to be focused on the collective good of the team. Too often, they focus their attention on their department,… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
What's amazing is that so many leaders who value teamwork will tolerate people who aren't humble. They reluctantly hire self-centred people and… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
I know that any group of people can become a team if they do the right things, but I came to realize… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Open, frank communication is the lynchpin to teamwork. A fractured team is like a fractured bone; fixing it is always painful and… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Team members need to learn to leverage one another, and that doesn't happen over a golf game or on a phone. It… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
You have to build trust among team members so that people feel free to admit what they don't know, make mistakes, ask… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
The vast majority of organizations today have more than enough intelligence, experience and knowledge to be successful. What they lack is organizational health. — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share
Trust is the foundation of real teamwork (there is nothing touchy-feely about this). — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share
“There is something so powerful about a person who in one moment can be confident enough to confront a client about a sensitive personal… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share
“The idea is that your clients are looking for good suggestions, and they don’t mind sifting through some not-so-good ones as long as they’re… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share
Are your people uncomfortable during meetings and tired at the end? If not, they're probably not mixing it up enough and getting to the… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share
An organization has integrity—is healthy—when it is whole, consistent, and complete, that is, when its management, operations, strategy, and culture fit together and make… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share
I've become absolutely convinced that the seminal difference between successful companies and mediocre or unsuccessful ones has little, if anything, to do with what… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share
If you don't know what your family stands for and what your life situation is, you're in trouble. — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share
“First, we go figure out how to recognize a real team player, the kind of person who can easily build trust, engage in healthy… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share
At its core, all authentic growth depends on more customers wanting more of what your company offers. Any other drivers - pricing gimmicks, heroic… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share
I have yet to meet members of a leadership team who I thought lacked the intelligence or the domain expertise required to be successful.… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share
