Patrick Lencioni Quotes

I was often misquoted. I was supportive of my managers, even though they all may not think so.

I like it when someone tells me 'I don't agree.' This is a true collaborator. When they say 'Oh, how great, how great, how great,' that's not useful.

It is a myth to think that sometimes creative disagreement doesn't necessarily produce a better result.

Anytime you get nine people together, whether it's at a party or it's in the conference room of the Supreme Court, you do have to maintain some order, or it does kind of degenerate into squabbling pretty quickly.

Politeness is the poison of collaboration.

It's good to have a leader, otherwise we argue too much.

A lot of times, you feel like you're walking on eggshells in a creative environment, because everyone's having to watch out for egos so much of the time.

Disagreement on issues doesn't mean 'dissension.' All it means is that honest men can differ in their approach. You lay out your positions, and president makes a decision.

If you disagree with the way a colleague did something, call him up, invite him out for a coffee, talk about it. But don't do it publicly.

Without trust, the most essential element of innovation - conflict - becomes impossible.

Don't get in arguments with your coaches. If you have a certain opinion, express it to the best of your ability. But don't get on his bad side.

It is important that it - sometimes there are clashes between team-mates. We need each other to tell the truth, and this is not always a positive.

If you don't hire originals, you run the risk of people disagreeing but not voicing their dissent.

There's always been conflict, inherent conflict between players and coaches.

You really have to try and find a way to communicate [in the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp], to respect each other's opinions and ideas, to be able to fight for something you feel is better than somebody else's idea.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

Our best comes out when we have honest discussions.

Business is about people. It's about passion. It's about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas.

Consensus building doesn't necessarily fit with my experience.

I don't believe it's productive to go around and badmouth anyone that I work with, because at the end of the day, we all have to sit in front of each other and agree or disagree.

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

You can have the best people in the business, but if they're not collaborating - and they're butting heads - then it's all going to go south.

I am totally down with disagreement. I don't like Haterade, but disagreement is wonderful. When someone disagrees, we try to reach common ground. That's good.

The only way to conduct an effective collaboration is to debate the things upon which you disagree. If one doesn't manage to bring the other around to his point of view, then whichever collaborator feels the most passionate about the thing being debated ought to get his way.

I have a partner, Danny Strong; he's an incredible writer and, really, my backbone. So when we don't see eye to eye, it's painful.