Patrick Lencioni quotes

Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability. (Patrick Lencioni)

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 concerns without fear of reprisal.

Patrick Lencioni

If everything is important, then nothing is.

Patrick Lencioni

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

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.

Patrick Lencioni

Ask dumb questions.

Patrick Lencioni

Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence.

Patrick Lencioni

Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.

Patrick Lencioni

When there is trust, conflict becomes nothing but the pursuit of truth, an attempt to find the best possible answer.

Patrick Lencioni

The key ingredient to building trust is not time. It is courage.

Patrick Lencioni

Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team. (Patrick Lencioni)

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.

Patrick Lencioni

Like a good marriage, trust on a team is never complete; it must be maintained over time.

Patrick Lencioni

Success comes only for those groups that overcome the all-too-human behavioral tendencies that corrupt teams and breed dysfunctional politics within them.

Patrick Lencioni

Experiential team exercises can be valuable tools for enhancing teamwork as long as they are layered upon more fundamental and relevant processes.

Patrick Lencioni

. . . his biggest problem was his need for a problem.

Patrick Lencioni

Patrick Lencioni

Occupation: American Writer
Born: 1965
Quotes count: 16

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