Patrick Lencioni Quotes

In winning companies, everybody pulls in the same direction.

I think that if you're on the same team, you should be pushing in the same direction.

We've all got to make sure we're all pulling in the same direction. That's what's going to keep us ahead of the ball. As soon as we start getting in the opposite direction, that's when we start getting behind, and the results will start to show.

It's very important that we all have a common understanding of our purpose as a business - what we aspire to - and a strategy for achieving it.

The important thing, I think, going into any organization, is that all of the principles, all of the decision-makers are pointed in the same direction, with the same motives, the same desires, and then you have a chance.

When you look at organizations that work, everyone is on the same page as far as what they are doing.

Good teams I played on... just the tone that they play with, the energy they play with, how they go about it. When you get it going the right way, you get everyone going in the same direction and it's a powerful thing.

What you get when you put all your resources behind a product, is you get everyone to join in.

Everyone in our administration is going to cooperate.

I like that sense of we're all on the same page and trying to get the job done.

Monumental achievements by humanity should be done by major organizations as much together as possible.

The important thing is staying together if you want to do something special.

Every time we bring someone in we ensure that they are a strategic thinker, but even more important that they understand that if the products aren't successful and the products don't sell that there won't be anything to strategize about.

I do not believe it is all about the leader. I think it's about the team, too. So we have one mission; we have one team; we are working to victory.

Strategy is not really a solo sport - even If you're the CEO.

The person who figures out how to harness the collective genius of his or her organization is going to blow the competition away.

Sometimes I wish we were the Eagles. That's one thing they've always been able to do is want the same thing for the same reasons.

We walk together, we move together, we think together, we resolve together, and together we take this country forward.

It's always best when everyone in the group is on the same page.

I really think the people I run into in the NBA, whether it's the front office side or in coaching, everybody wants to work in an atmosphere where everybody's pulling in the same direction.

It's important for us to all be aligned with the same energy on stage.

When a team wins it's because many things fall into place.

I think you have everyone kind of pulling on the same end of the rope. It's not like you're Robin Williams and everyone else is a deaf mute. It's like - there's plenty of help.

When you're surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible.

I believe in having total clarity around our goals. I believe in creating these goals together as a group and making sure they're aligned with Bob Iger's goals for the Walt Disney Co. And more than anything, making sure people understand that they have a responsibility to one another.