AUTHOR OF: The Five Temptations of a CEO, Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Since 1997, Pat Lencioni has been writing, speaking and consulting about topics related to leadership, organizational health, teamwork and corporate culture.

Pat’s the author of three books, including his latest BusinessWeek and Wall Street Journal best seller, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (2002), which identifies the fundamental causes of organizational politics and team failure. Lencioni’s first best-selling book, The Five Temptations of a CEO (1997), highlights the common behavioral pitfalls faced by all leaders. Published in 2000, his second leadership fable, The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive, advises leaders on how to build a world-class organization.

Many of his leadership theories have appeared in a variety of publications, most notably Harvard Business Review, which featured Pat’s original theory on corporate values (July 2002.) Other publications include Drucker Foundation’s Leader to Leader, California CEO, Executive Excellence, Association Management, Human Resource Executive and The San Jose Mercury News.

In addition to his writing, Pat conveys his models on leadership and organizational health through speaking. He has been the featured keynote at a wide variety of international conferences, conventions and management retreats, reaching thousands of leaders every year. His clients include Fortune 500 companies, major trade associations, professional organizations, non-profits and universities.

Pat is founder and president of The Table Group, Inc., a specialized management-consulting firm focused on executive team development and organizational health. His original leadership theories are based on his consulting work to CEOs and their teams at numerous national and international organizations.

Prior to founding The Table Group, Pat was Vice President of Organization Development at Sybase. He also worked at Oracle Corporation and Bain & Company, where he started his career as a strategic management consultant. He serves on numerous advisory boards and currently sits on the National Board of Directors for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America.

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
According to Pat Lencioni, teamwork remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare. He makes the point that 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.
Based on his runaway best-seller, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Pat uncovers the natural human tendencies that derail teams and lead to politics and confusion in so many organizations.

   

In this interactive session, Pat covers the core elements of teamwork with focus on the key role of the team leaders. He presents the ground rules for establishing trust, engaging in productive conflict, creating commitment, holding team members accountable and paying attention to the collective results of the team. Pat brings his team model to life through case studies and real-world stories developed from his work as a consultant to executive teams.
Audience members will walk away with specific advice and practical tools for overcoming the dysfunctions and making their teams more functional and cohesive.

The Four Disciplines of a Healthy Organization
Pat Lencioni claims that most companies have enough organizational intelligence, intellectual property and human capital to succeed, but ultimately fail to leverage those assets because they lack something he calls ‘organizational health.’

He defines a healthy organization as one where internal confusion and politics are minimized and an atmosphere of clarity and employee productivity can flourish. Built upon his model in The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive, Pat helps leaders understand the disarming simplicity and power of organizational health and reveals the four actionable steps that allow them to achieve it.

Using case studies and examples from his work with executives, Pat offers recommendations on how to improve executive team cohesiveness; how to create greater clarity around the organization’s vision, strategy, values and goals; how to increase the effectiveness of internal communication; and finally, how to align human systems with the overall goals of the organization.

Audience members will leave with tools for immediate implementation to begin the process of making their organizations healthy.

The Five Temptations of a Leader
Pat Lencioni believes that too many leaders overcomplicate their jobs. In reality, a leader’s success hinges on a few simple behaviors – behaviors that require remarkable levels of discipline. Based on the model in his first best-selling book, The Five Temptations of a CEO, Pat captures the natural human tendencies that plague all leaders and often prevent them from fulfilling their potential.

In his discussion, Pat illustrates each temptation (status, popularity, certainty, harmony, and invulnerability) using colorful and often humorous stories based on his experience as a consultant to CEOs. He challenges leaders to engage in self-exploration, to assess their own temptations, and he offers actionable advice on how to overcome these all too common behavioral pitfalls that even the best leaders face.

►Leadership
" The Five Temptations of a Leader"
Pat Lencioni believes that too many leaders overcomplicate their jobs. In reality, a leader’s success hinges on a few simple behaviors – behaviors that require remarkable levels of discipline. Based on the model in his best-selling book, The Five Temptations of a CEO, Pat Lencioni captures the common pitfalls that all leaders face and suggests practical ways to overcome them.

►Organizational Effectiveness
" The Four Disciplines of a Healthy Organization"
According to Pat Lencioni, organizational health is one of the last competitive advantages for sustainable success. He not only offers actionable advice on how to begin the process of building a healthy organization but also provides key insights on how to minimize confusion and politics and create an atmosphere of maximum clarity, where employee productivity can flourish.

►Teams
" The Five Dysfunctions of a Team"
Anyone who has ever worked in an organization understands the frustration caused by office politics and dysfunctional teams. Unfortunately, there has never been a full understanding of the underlying reasons for these problems, and certainly no hope for a cure--until now. Pat Lencioni identifies the five root causes for team dysfunction and provides solutions to help make any team successful.