Patrick Lencioni

When a team has trust, conflict becomes nothing but the pursuit of truth, an attempt to find the best possible answer.

Patrick Lencioni

When team members trust each other and know that everyone is capable of admitting when they’re wrong, then conflict becomes nothing more than the pursuit of truth or the best possible answer.

Patrick Lencioni

When truth takes a backseat to ego and politics, trust is lost.

Patrick Lencioni

You have to build trust among team members so that people feel free to admit what they don’t know, make mistakes, ask for help if they need it, apologize when necessary, and not hold back their opinions.

Patrick Lencioni

You need to make sure you hire people who are capable of being strong team players. Team members should fit the company’s culture, be committed to the team, and be capable of being genuinely vulnerable and selfless.

Patrick Lencioni

Your focus should be on creating an environment where growth can occur, and then letting nature take its course.

Patrick Lencioni

A leadership team is a small group of people who are collectively responsible for achieving a common objective for their organization.

Patrick Lencioni

A lot of times, people find themselves in a meeting where the primary purpose is to receive information, and that’s a poor use of people’s time. Those meetings can be easily dispensed with and can be an email instead that people read in their own time.

Patrick Lencioni

As difficult as it is to build a team, it is not complicated. In fact, keeping it simple is critical, whether you run the executive staff at a multi-national company, a small department within a larger organization, or even if you are merely a member of a team that needs improvement.

Patrick Lencioni

At the heart of every great movie is conflict. It’s the same with a meeting. There should be conflict and tension.

Patrick Lencioni