Patrick Lencioni

Addressing the model in his book, The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business, Pat makes the overwhelming case that organizational health "will surpass all other disciplines in business as the greatest opportunity for improvement and competitive advantage." Drawing on his work consulting to some of the world’s leading teams and reaffirming many of the themes cultivated in his other best sellers, Pat reveals the four steps to achieving the ultimate competitive advantage.

Pat addresses perhaps the most timeless and elusive topic related to work: job misery. He dismantles the root causes of frustration and anguish at work and provides managers with actionable advice on how to bring meaning and fulfillment to any job in any industry.

According to Pat Lencioni, teamwork remains the ultimate competitive advantage. He makes the point that if you could get all the people in an organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time. Lencioni uncovers the natural human tendencies that derail teams and lead to politics and confusion in so many organizations.

Lencioni turns his attention to the individual team-member, revealing the three indispensable virtues—humility, hunger and people smarts—that make some people better team players than others. Pat explores the power this combination yields, and illustrates how team members with these traits drastically accelerate the process of building high-performing teams.