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No cover — Patrick Lencioni: Advantage, Enhanced Edition (2012, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John)

240 pages

English language

Published Dec. 24, 2012 by Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John.

ISBN:: 978-1-118-14786-3

"There is a competitive advantage out there, arguably more powerful than any other. Is it superior strategy? Faster innovation? Smarter employees? No, New York Times best-selling author, Patrick Lencioni, argues that the seminal difference between successful companies and mediocre ones has little to do with what they know and how smart they are and more to do with how healthy they are. In this book, Lencioni brings together his vast experience and many of the themes cultivated in his other best-selling books and delivers a first: a cohesive and comprehensive exploration of the unique advantage organizational health provides.Simply put, an organization is healthy when it is whole, consistent and complete, when its management, operations and culture are unified. Healthy organizations outperform their counterparts, are free of politics and confusion and provide an environment where star performers never want to leave. Lencioni's first non-fiction book provides leaders with a groundbreaking, approachable …

"There is a competitive advantage out there, arguably more powerful than any other. Is it superior strategy? Faster innovation? Smarter employees? No, New York Times best-selling author, Patrick Lencioni, argues that the seminal difference between successful companies and mediocre ones has little to do with what they know and how smart they are and more to do with how healthy they are. In this book, Lencioni brings together his vast experience and many of the themes cultivated in his other best-selling books and delivers a first: a cohesive and comprehensive exploration of the unique advantage organizational health provides.Simply put, an organization is healthy when it is whole, consistent and complete, when its management, operations and culture are unified. Healthy organizations outperform their counterparts, are free of politics and confusion and provide an environment where star performers never want to leave. Lencioni's first non-fiction book provides leaders with a groundbreaking, approachable model for achieving organizational health--complete with stories, tips and anecdotes from his experiences consulting to some of the nation's leading organizations. In this age of informational ubiquity and nano-second change, it is no longer enough to build a competitive advantage based on intelligence alone. The Advantage provides a foundational construct for conducting business in a new way--one that maximizes human potential and aligns the organization around a common set of principles"--

6 editions

Phil in SF reviewed The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni

Required Reading

4 stars

This was literally required reading for my new job that I started last Monday. That being said, it seems pretty solid and I only have extremely small nitpicks around minor points.

My previous job that laid me off in January would be a an example in all the chapters of what not to do.

That being said, doing stuff the wrong way according to this book doesn't mean doing things the way the author recommends will result in an amazing organization. Since the new job supposedly organizes around the methods from The Advantage, I'll find out how well they work in practice.

This was literally required reading for my new job that I started last Monday. That being said, it seems pretty solid and I only have extremely small nitpicks around minor points.

My previous job that laid me off in January would be a an example in all the chapters of what not to do.

That being said, doing stuff the wrong way according to this book doesn't mean doing things the way the author recommends will result in an amazing organization. Since the new job supposedly organizes around the methods from The Advantage, I'll find out how well they work in practice.