The Advantage
Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business
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The Advantage
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Patrick Lencioni
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Patrick Lencioni
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There is a competitive advantage out there, arguably more powerful than any other. Is it superior strategy? Faster innovation? Smarter employees? No, New York Times best-selling author, Patrick Lencioni, argues that the seminal difference between successful companies and mediocre ones has little to do with what they know and how smart they are and more to do with how healthy they are. In this book, Lencioni brings together his vast experience and many of the themes cultivated in his other best-selling books and delivers a first: a cohesive and comprehensive exploration of the unique advantage organizational health provides.
Simply put, an organization is healthy when it is whole, consistent and complete, when its management, operations and culture are unified. Healthy organizations outperform their counterparts, are free of politics and confusion and provide an environment where star performers never want to leave. Lencioni’s first non-fiction book provides leaders with a groundbreaking, approachable model for achieving organizational health - complete with stories, tips and anecdotes from his experiences consulting to some of the nation’s leading organizations. In this age of informational ubiquity and nano-second change, it is no longer enough to build a competitive advantage based on intelligence alone. The Advantage provides a foundational construct for conducting business in a new way - one that maximizes human potential and aligns the organization around a common set of principles.
©2012 Patrick Lencioni (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, IncYou may also enjoy...
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Brings it all Together
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in this new world where remote work and telecommuting are the norm, more applicable examples would be beneficial.
Thanks for the great read!
Great for leadership and individual contributors
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A must read for any leader
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This book was recommended to me as a must read (or listen, in my case, via Audible). My business is a solopreneurship with the intention of growing in staff, so much the information here will be useful as a roadmap to maintain/improve our organizational health as we evolve.
Would have been nice to have a section on solopreneurship, and discussion of self-check in strategies equivalent to what you'd do in the larger group meetings.
improve your organizational health
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Recommend reading alongside Jim Collins Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0.
Well narrated very helpful.
Excellent,
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