Beschreibung:
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.
Praise for The Advantage "The Advantage has more common sense in its 200 pages than I have ever found in a business book. A must-read." Colleen Barrett, president emeritus, Southwest Airlines Co.; coauthor, Lead with LUV "Here is the next business classic. Even the best leaders will read this and wonder, 'Why aren't we already doing this?'" Enrique Salem, president and CEO, Symantec "We are doing what most said could not be done in a down economy--start and exponentially grow a business. Using Lencioni's model for organizational health is an everyday choice and a way of life for our company." Liz Townsend, COO, My Fit Foods "For more than a decade I've been using Lencioni's approach to run the departments I lead, and it has never failed me." Rick Friedel, vice president, AT&T Service Management "Our teams and leaders have really embraced Lencioni's methodology. We've put these ideas into practice and we're experiencing the results that prove it works." David Gordon, COO, The Cheesecake Factory "In The Advantage, Lencioni cuts through the corporate 'bull' that creates a culture of stonewalling and feet-dragging, and shows leaders at every level how to build up a culture of productivity and communication." Dave Ramsey, New York Times bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio talk show host
Introduction xv
The Case for Organizational Health 1
The Four Disciplines Model 15
Discipline 1: Build a Cohesive Leadership Team 19
Discipline 2: Create Clarity 73
Discipline 3: Overcommunicate Clarity 141
Discipline 4: Reinforce Clarity 153
The Centrality of Great Meetings 173
Seizing the Advantage 189
Checklist for Organizational Health 195
More Resources 199
Notes 201
Acknowledgments 203
About the Author 205
Index 207