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

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Patrick Lencioni
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 1
Writer
Patrick M. Lencioni
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Organizational health is the single greatest competitive advantage in any business.
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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 know or how smart they are it has everything to do with how healthy they are.
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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 to re-break it to heal it fully - and the re-break always hurts more because it is intentional.
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Leaders must display their humanness. Those under their authority must be empowered & have the courage to engage in honest dialogue.
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A functional team must make the collective results of the group more important to each individual than individual members' goals.
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On a team, trust is all about vulnerability, which is difficult for most people.
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Like a good marriage, trust on a team is never complete it must be maintained over time.
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