Patrick Lencioni Quotes

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• Open, frank communication is the lynchpin to teamwork. A fractured team is like a fractured bone; fixing it is always painful and sometimes you have…
• Choose your companions before you choose your road.
• Team members have to be focused on the collective good of the team. Too often, they focus their attention on their department, their budget, their…
• Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence.
• An organization's strategy is simply its plan for success. It's nothing more than the collection of intentional decisions a company makes to give itself the…
• 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 they…
• The only real payoff for leadership is eternal.
• Team members who are not genuinely open with one another about their mistakes and weaknesses make it impossible to build a foundation for trust.
• If everything is important, then nothing is.
• Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their…
• Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.
• Politics is when people choose their words and actions based on how they want others to react rather than based on what they really think.
• It's as simple as this. When people don't unload their opinions and feel like they've been listened to, they won't really get on board.
• Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.
• . . . his biggest problem was his need for a problem.
• As a leader, you're probably not doing a good job unless your employees can do a good impression of you when you're not around.

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