Failing to engage in conflict is a terrible decision, one that puts our temporary comfort and the avoidance of discomfort ahead of the ultimate goal of our organization. Patrick Lencioni More Quotes by Patrick Lencioni More Quotes From Patrick Lencioni There is just no escaping the fact that the single biggest factor determining whether an organization is going to get healthier - or not - is the genuine commitment and active involvement of the person in charge. Patrick Lencioni escaping organization commitment 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 best chance to thrive and differentiate from competitors. Patrick Lencioni organization decision giving Like a good marriage, trust on a team is never complete; it must be maintained over time. Patrick Lencioni good-marriage team A core value is something you're willing to get punished for. Patrick Lencioni core-values core willing 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 to re-break it to heal it fully - and the re-break always hurts more because it is intentional. Patrick Lencioni communication teamwork hurt Really great people rarely leave a healthy organization. Patrick Lencioni healthy organization people 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 career aspirations, their egos. Patrick Lencioni focus team careers 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 sense. Patrick Lencioni healthy organization integrity 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. Patrick Lencioni want people thinking If everything is important, then nothing is. Patrick Lencioni important ifs No action, activity, or process is more central to a healthy organization than the meeting Patrick Lencioni healthy organization action When you know your reason for existence, it should effect the decisions you make. Patrick Lencioni decisions-you-make should reason Teamwork remains a sustainable competitive advantage that has been largely untapped because it is hard to measure (teamwork impacts the outcome of an organization in such comprehensive and invasive ways that it's virtually impossible to isolate it as a single variable) and because it is extremely hard to achieve (it requires levels of courage and discipline that few executives possess) - ironically, building a strong team is very simple (it doesn't require masterful insights or tactics). Patrick Lencioni strong teamwork simple Building a strong team is both possible and remarkably simple. But is painfully difficult. Patrick Lencioni team strong simple The team you belong to must come ahead of the team you lead: this is putting team results (e.g., organizational needs) ahead of individual agendas (e.g., the team or division you lead, your ego, your need for recognition, your career development, etc.) Confidentiality is respected downward more than it is respected upward. Organizational alignment is a direct result of this hierarchy (if it were the other way around, organizational alignment would be very difficult to achieve). Patrick Lencioni ego team careers A job is bound to be miserable if it doesn't involve measurement. Patrick Lencioni leadership inspiring jobs Trust is the foundation of real teamwork (there is nothing touchy-feely about this). Patrick Lencioni foundation real teamwork It is dangerous if our identity as a leader becomes more important than our identity as a child of God. Patrick Lencioni leader identity children All things to all people is nothing to everyone. Patrick Lencioni all-things people Most of the CEO's who fail think they will find the solution to their problems in Finance, Marketing, Strategic Planning, etc., but they don't look for the solution to their problems inside themselves. Patrick Lencioni marketing looks thinking