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 A Must Read for Anyone in Business Oct 19, 2009
I have read many books on leadership and even written a few training manuals. This book is to the point, concise and focused. You sort of feel sorry for the bad guy as he doesn't have a clue as to what is going on.
The way the group gets the work alloted and done is great. We all need to be more focused and cohesive. I believe the key to any project is TEAMWORK. Not the corporate type we have now , but a close knit, bonding type of team that looks out for the other guy and is willing to carry each other if need be.
This book spells it out clearly and should be on every CEO's desk and read and followed by them.
A foundation for excellence Sep 27, 2009
The Four Obsessions of a CEO is a fictitious story about two companies with very different cultures. Nothing new here, just a poignant reminder why executing the fundamentals is the foundation for any business to grow and thrive.
 An Amazing Series of Insights - Must Read Jan 08, 2009
One of the series of leadership fables, Patrick Lencioni did not disappoint with this fable. As with The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable and Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable...About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business, just to name a few, Patrick Lencioni weaves an intrigue into a management lesson. Chapter by chapter you read to enjoy the story and never realize what business lessons are being planted into your mind for future reference.
It takes great talent to do this, not only once but at least 5 times. All in the series are great reads. The stories you want to read again and again. The best part is that you can complete your initial reading in one, maybe two hours time. Needless to day, as a study of business management, you want to use the books as training material for your leadership development and business skills education.
I enjoyed this style so much, I used it to tell my story for women wanting to break the glass ceiling. The leadership fable works, inspires and entertains. It inspired me to write A Woman's Ladder to Success Is Paved with Broken Glass Ceilings. Maybe it will inspire you to be a better leader, visionary, author.
An engaging story with concrete, memorable examples Nov 10, 2008
I've previously read Death By Meeting by Patrick Lencioni. I really connect with his ability to tell an engaging story which communicates the point. He then spends the last third of this book describing the four principals and how to put them into practice within the organization.
The four disciplines of a healthy organization are:
1. Build and Maintain a Cohesive Leadership Team
2. Create Organizational Clarity
3. Over-Communicate Organizational Clarity
4. Reinforce Organizational Clarity Through Human Systems
While there is a very big focus on executive teams and high level managers, this book can be used for leaders who are putting together smaller teams. The truth is that at every level of the organization there need to be teams who understand the values and are comfortable with each-other.
I especially appreciated Patrick's explanation of how to define clarity and communicating vision and mission. I also appreciated his focus on how important a healthy organization is, even more important than higher revenue and large clients.
I also appreciated that there were a few concrete examples provides as well as questions to help us define our own answers and to model our organization.
This is definitely a great read for anyone who manages teams of people or defines the direction of an organization.
Interesting View of a "Healthy Organization" Jul 23, 2008
Patrick Lencioni, utilizing his engaging fable-as-lesson writing style, covers his view of the four "Disciplines" of a healthy organization in "The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive." The fable...and the "Model" underlying the fable...stresses the importance of clarity in a healthy organization.
As in a number of Lencioni's other books, the simplicity of the framework covered in this book is stressed...as is the difficulty in actually implementing the framework.
I found this book a worthwhile read due to its simplicity, its straightforward messages and its blending of a story with managerial ideas. Furthermore, I appreciated the fact that the principles espoused in the book are laid out in a manner that directly connects the managerial ideas to actions that can be taken within an organization.
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