Like a good marriage, trust on a team is never complete; it must be maintained over time. — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
If you’re not interested in getting better, it’s time for you to stop leading. — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
“All great relationships, the ones that last over time, require productive conflict in order to grow. This” — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
A lot of times, people find themselves in a meeting where the primary purpose is to receive information, and that's a poor… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
If you could get all the people in an organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
“Our ability to engage in passionate, unfiltered debate about what we need to do to succeed will determine our future as much… — 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
Contrary to popular wisdom, the mark of a great meeting is not how short it is or whether it ends on time.… — 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
Anybody, and any company, can have a big run of success once, but if you're going to repeat that over time, you… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
When leaders throughout an organization take an active, genuine interest in the people they manage, when they invest real time to understand… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
“Almost all of the time and energy in Half Moon Bay was being directed toward consulting to paying clients. Those clients in… — 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
“In consulting, entering the danger comes into play in those moments when you’re in a meeting and someone says something that is… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
“There is something so powerful about a person who in one moment can be confident enough to confront a client about a… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
“It’s about knowing that in certain moments you have to offer yourself up as a minor sacrifice to help them accomplish what… — 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
I have many times marveled at how I could feel so good about myself while eating peanuts in a middle seat on… — 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
