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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
You need to make sure you hire people who are capable of being strong team players. Team members should fit the company's… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
Achieving vulnerability-based trust (where team members have overcome their need for invulnerability) is difficult because in the course of career advancement and… — 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
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 Image
Trust is the foundation of real teamwork (there is nothing touchy-feely about this). — 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 sensitive personal… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
If you don't know what your family stands for and what your life situation is, you're in trouble. — 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 in healthy… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
People will walk through fire for a leader that's true and human. — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions. — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
