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The only real payoff for leadership is eternal.

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Patrick Lencioni
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 1
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Patrick M. Lencioni
Payoff
Leadership
Eternal
Real

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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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Building a strong team is both possible and remarkably simple. But is painfully difficult.
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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.
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Trust is the confidence among team members that their peers' intentions are good, and that there is no reason to be protective or careful around the group. In essence, teammates are not comfortable being vulnerable with one another.
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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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Really great people rarely leave a healthy organization.
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A core value is something you're willing to get punished for.
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Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.
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If everything is important, then nothing is.
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As a leader, you're probably not doing a good job unless your employees can do a good impression of you when you're not around.
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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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When there is trust, conflict becomes nothing but the pursuit of truth, an attempt to find the best possible answer.
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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.
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Organizational health is the single greatest competitive advantage in any business.
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When you know your reason for existence, it should effect the decisions you make.
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