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Patrick Lencioni

Junkyard Management, Leadership,

Vulnerable Leadership

“The kind of trust that is necessary to build a great team is what I call vulnerability-based trust. This is what happens when members get to a point where they are completely comfortable being transparent, honest, and naked with one another, where they say and genuinely mean things like “I screwed up,” I need help,” “Your idea is better than mine,” “I wish I could learn to do that as well as you do,” and even, “I’m sorry.”

The quote above is from Patrick Lencioni’s book The Advantage, and it reminded me of something from thirty years ago.

D’Aun …

Book Reviews, Leadership,

The Advantage

On a recent trip to Belize with the PathLight board, one of the board members suggested I read The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni. Most of Lencioni’s books are in my library but for whatever reason this one got past me.

My mistake. This might be his best ever.

The subtitle of the book sums it up nicely, “Why organizational health trumps everything else in business.” Think about that for a moment — Lencioni is saying organizational health trumps strategy, product, marketing, service, hard work and talent.

Anyone who has run any kind of organization will intuitively sense the truth in …