Patrick Lencioni Quotes

Really great people rarely leave a healthy organization.

Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, "like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic".

Leaders determine the level of an organization.

The only things that evolve by themselves in an organization are disorder, friction and malperformance.

We use the word 'organization' to mean both the state of being organized and the groups that do the organizing.

The strength of any organization is a direct result of the strength of its leaders.

Personal and organizational effectiveness is proportionate to the strength of leadership.

No action, activity, or process is more central to a healthy organization than the meeting

The vast majority of organizations today have more than enough intelligence, experience and knowledge to be successful. What they lack is organizational health.

A risk-taking environment starts at the top of a corporation. If the CEO doesn't have this spirit, chances are you won't find it anywhere else in the organization.

An organization has integrity—is healthy—when it is whole, consistent, and complete, that is, when its management, operations, strategy, and culture fit together and make sense.

I always worked until I had something done and I always stopped when I knew what was going to happen next. That way I could be sure of going on the next day.

You don't need more time in your day. You need to decide.

Every time you change your orders without obvious reason, you weaken your authority.

If a business has to be told that it needs more focus, accountability and decisiveness, there is a bigger problem at hand.

If your program has a great leader, you'll get great things. If you don't have a great leader and people aren't on the same page, you have a lot of different people doing a lot of different things. That's where trouble starts.

Make heroes out of the employees who personify what you want to see in the organization.

My mind was always very cluttered, so I took great pains to simplify my environment, because if my environment were half as cluttered as my mind, I wouldn't be able to make it from room to room. This system has just worked for me, even though I've had to sweat over every word. It's just my style.

When a person travels through a few years with an organization, or with a partnership, or any other kind of working association, he leaves a 'wake' behind in these two areas, task and relationship: what did he accomplish and how did he deal with people?

The healthy man does not torture others.

I'm a peaceful person once work ethic is established. If people are around me and whatever I'm doing is efficient, then I'm extremely peaceful.

The best agencies understood the importance of routines. The worst agencies were headed by people who never thought about it, and then wondered why no one followed their orders.

When the leader lacks confidence, the followers lack commitment.

Clutter, either mental or physical, is the sign of a healthy curiosity.

The best place for a leader isn't always at the top position. It is the place where they can serve the best and add the most value to other people.