The Ideal Team Player

Tired of teamwork troubles and projects derailed by difficult personalities? Discover the simple, yet powerful, framework for identifying, hiring, and developing the people who will transform your team's performance and culture. This is your guide to building a truly collaborative and successful organization. You'll learn Patrick Lencioni's secret formula of the three essential virtues every ideal team player must possess: being humble, hungry, and smart. Uncover practical tools to assess current employees and interview candidates, and learn how to cultivate these game-changing traits within your entire team to finally eliminate dysfunction and achieve your goals.

Patrick Lencioni is the founder and president of The Table Group, a firm dedicated to making organizations healthier by improving teamwork, clarity, and employee engagement. A pioneer of the organizational health movement, his personal experiences with dysfunctional teams inspired him to explore what truly makes them work. Lencioni's work is born from two decades of consulting with executives and their teams, transforming complex business challenges into simple, actionable models that resonate with leaders everywhere, as perfectly illustrated in this leadership fable.