The advantage why organizational health trumps everything else in business by Patrick Lencioni
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.