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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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  Teamwork, Powerful, Technology

  Patrick M. Lencioni (2010). “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable”, p.9, John Wiley & Sons

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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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  Organization, People, Competition

  Patrick M. Lencioni (2010). “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable”, p.9, John Wiley & Sons

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

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  Persistence, Discipline, Common Sense

  Patrick M. Lencioni (2010). “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable”, p.185, John Wiley & Sons

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

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  Teamwork, Knowing, Team Building

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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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  Leadership, Answers, Conflict

  Patrick Lencioni (2012). “The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business”, p.38, John Wiley & Sons

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• Members of trusting teams admit weaknesses and mistakes, take risks in offering feedback and assistance, and focus time and energy on important issues, not politics.

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  Team, Mistake, Issues

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• 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.

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  Leadership, Teamwork, Mistake

  Patrick M. Lencioni (2010). “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable”, p.42, John Wiley & Sons

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• The impact of organizational health goes far beyond the walls of a company, extending to customers and vendors, even to spouses and children. It sends people to work in the morning with clarity, hope, and anticipation and brings them home at night with a greater sense of accomplishment, contribution, and self-esteem. The impact of this is as important as it is impossible to measure.

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  Morning, Children, Wall

  Patrick Lencioni (2012). “The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business”, p.193, John Wiley & Sons

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• Trust is the foundation of real teamwork. And so the first dysfunction is a failure on the part of team members to understand and open up to one another. And if that sounds touchy-feely, let me explain, because there is nothing soft about it. It is an absolutely critical part of building a team. In fact, it’s probably the most critical.

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  Teamwork, Real, Dysfunction

  Patrick M. Lencioni (2010). “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable”, p.41, John Wiley & Sons

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• Members of trusting teams accept questions and input about their areas or responsibility, appreciate and tap into one another's skills and experiences, and look forward to meetings and other opportunities to work as a group.

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  Teamwork, Responsibility, Opportunity

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• If you’re not interested in getting better, it’s time for you to stop leading.

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  Get Better, Not Interested, Ifs

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• 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.

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  Teamwork, Simple, People

  Patrick M. Lencioni (2010). “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable”, p.83, John Wiley & Sons

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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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  Team, Goal, Important

  Patrick M. Lencioni (2010). “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Enhanced Edition: A Leadership Fable”, p.183, John Wiley & Sons

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

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Patrick M. Lencioni (2010). “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable”, p.58, John Wiley & Sons

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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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  Teamwork, Teammate, Groups

  "Five Warning Signs Your Startup Team Is Going To Kill Each Other" by Martin Zwilling, www.businessinsider.com. January 10, 2011.

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• People will walk through fire for a leader that's true and human.

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  Fire, People, Leader

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

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  Teamwork, Keys, Ingredients

  Patrick Lencioni (2005). “Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators”, p.18, John Wiley & Sons

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• Failing to hold someone accountable is ultimately an act of selfishness.

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  Selfishness, Failing

  Patrick Lencioni (2012). “The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business”, p.59, John Wiley & Sons

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• Team members who are not genuinely open with one another about their mistakes and weaknesses make it impossible to build a foundation for trust.

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  Mistake, Team, Weakness

  Patrick M. Lencioni (2010). “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable”, p.158, John Wiley & Sons

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• 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.

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  Organization, Giving, Decision

  "The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business". Book by Patrick Lencioni, 2012.

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• The vast majority of organizations today have more than enough intelligence, experience and knowledge to be successful. What they lack is organizational health.

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  Successful, Organization, Majority

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• 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.

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  Commitment, Escaping, Organization

  "The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business". Book by Patrick Lencioni, 2012.

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• 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).

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  Teamwork, Strong, Simple

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• When you know your reason for existence, it should effect the decisions you make.

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  Decisions You Make, Reason, Should

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• It is dangerous if our identity as a leader becomes more important than our identity as a child of God.

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  Children, Leader, Identity

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