Patrick Lencioni
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Patrick Lencioni is a New York Times best-selling author, speaker, consultant and founder and president of The Table Group, a firm dedicated to helping organizations become healthy. Lencioni’s ideas around leadership, teamwork and employee engagement
have impacted organizations around the globe. His books have sold nearly three million copies worldwide with his most notable titles including: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Death by Meeting and The Three Signs of a Miserable Job.
magazine as one of the ‘ten new gurus you should know,’ Lencioni and his work have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, USA TODAY
, Bloomberg Businessweek, Inc. and Harvard Business Review
, to name a few.
When Lencioni is not writing, he consults to CEOs and their executive teams, helping them to become more cohesive within the context of their business strategy. The wide-spread appeal of Lencioni’s leadership models have yielded a diverse base of clients, including a mix of Fortune 500
companies, professional sports organizations, the military, non-profits, universities and churches.
In addition, Lencioni speaks to thousands of leaders each year at world class organizations and national conferences. He was recently cited in the Wall Street Journal as one of the most sought-after business speakers in the nation.
Prior to founding his firm, he worked as a corporate executive for Sybase
, Oracle
and Bain & Company
. He also served on the National Board of Directors for the Make-A-Wish Foundation
of America.
Pat has authored nine books including the classic, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team which continues to be a Wall Street Journal Best-seller after nearly ten years in print. His other books were also widely accepted national bestseller
s. The complete list includes:
Employee engagement
Employee engagement, also called worker engagement, is a business management concept. An "engaged employee" is one who is fully involved in, and enthusiastic about their work, and thus will act in a way that furthers their organization's interests...
have impacted organizations around the globe. His books have sold nearly three million copies worldwide with his most notable titles including: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Death by Meeting and The Three Signs of a Miserable Job.
Career
Patrick Lencioni wrote his nine best-selling business books primarily using the business fiction style. Recently named in FortuneFortune (magazine)
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magazine as one of the ‘ten new gurus you should know,’ Lencioni and his work have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, USA TODAY
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
, Bloomberg Businessweek, Inc. and Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review is a general management magazine published since 1922 by Harvard Business School Publishing, owned by the Harvard Business School. A monthly research-based magazine written for business practitioners, it claims a high ranking business readership among academics, executives,...
, to name a few.
When Lencioni is not writing, he consults to CEOs and their executive teams, helping them to become more cohesive within the context of their business strategy. The wide-spread appeal of Lencioni’s leadership models have yielded a diverse base of clients, including a mix of Fortune 500
Fortune 500
The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks the top 500 U.S. closely held and public corporations as ranked by their gross revenue after adjustments made by Fortune to exclude the impact of excise taxes companies collect. The list includes publicly and...
companies, professional sports organizations, the military, non-profits, universities and churches.
In addition, Lencioni speaks to thousands of leaders each year at world class organizations and national conferences. He was recently cited in the Wall Street Journal as one of the most sought-after business speakers in the nation.
Prior to founding his firm, he worked as a corporate executive for Sybase
Sybase
Sybase, an SAP company, is an enterprise software and services company offering software to manage, analyze, and mobilize information, using relational databases, analytics and data warehousing solutions and mobile applications development platforms....
, Oracle
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
and Bain & Company
Bain & Company
Bain & Company is a global management consulting firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Bain is considered one of the most prestigious consulting firms in the world, with 47 offices in 30 countries and over 5,500 professionals on staff globally...
. He also served on the National Board of Directors for the Make-A-Wish Foundation
Make-A-Wish Foundation
The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a 501 non-profit organization founded in the United States that grants wishes to children who have life-threatening medical conditions. The charity now operates in forty-seven countries around the world through thirty-six affiliate offices.The president & CEO of this...
of America.
Writings
BooksPat has authored nine books including the classic, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team which continues to be a Wall Street Journal Best-seller after nearly ten years in print. His other books were also widely accepted national bestseller
Bestseller
A bestseller is a book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on lists of currently top selling titles that are based on publishing industry and book trade figures and published by newspapers, magazines, or bookstore chains. Some lists are broken down into classifications and...
s. The complete list includes:
- 1998: The Five Temptations of a CEO: A leadership Fable
- 2000: The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: A Leadership Fable
- 2002: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
- 2004: Death By Meeting: A Leadership Fable about Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business
- 2005: Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators
- 2006: Silos, Politics and Turf Wars: A Leadership Fable About Destroying the Barriers That Turn Colleagues Into Competitors