242 Quotes by Patrick Lencioni

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    Members of trusting teams admit weaknesses and mistakes, take risks in offering feedback and assistance, and focus time and energy on important issues, not politics.

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    If the CEO’s behavior is 95 per cent healthy while the rest of the organization is only 50 per cent sound, it is more effective to focus on that crucial and leveraged 5 per cent that makes up the reminder of the CEO’s behavior.

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    Failing to hold someone accountable is ultimately an act of selfishness.

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    A job is bound to be miserable if it doesn’t involve measurement.

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    So many people there are so concerned about being socially conscious and environmentally aware, but they don’t give a second thought to how they treat the guy washing their car or cutting their grass.

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    The hard truth is, bad meetings almost always lead to bad decisions, which is the best recipe for mediocrity.

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    Some people are hard to hold accountable because they are so helpful. Others because they get defensive. Others because they are intimidating. I don’t think it’s easy to hold anyone accountable, not even your own kids.

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    Building a strong team is both possible and remarkably simple. But is painfully difficult.

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    No one on a cohesive team can say, Well, I did my job. Our failure isn’t my fault.

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