The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: A Leadership Fable (2000) (edit title/settings)

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• Jamie Bender: Add a description of this character.
• Vince
• Tom
• Rita
• Rich O'connor
• Mark
• Janet
• Maurine
• Green

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• “First, there is nothing more important than making an organization healthy”

• “Second, there is no substitute for discipline”

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• The key is to take five minutes at the end of staff meetings and ask the question, “What do we need to communicate to our people?”

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• When an executive decides not to confront a peer about a potential disagreement, he or she is dooming employees to waste time, money, and emotional energy dealing with unresolvable issues.

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• “Build and maintain a cohesive leadership team.”

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• The third discipline is ‘Over-communicate the identity and direction.’”

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• DISCIPLINE TWO: CREATE ORGANIZATIONAL CLARITY.

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• DISCIPLINE FOUR: REINFORCE ORGANIZATIONAL CLARITY THROUGH HUMAN SYSTEMS.

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• DISCIPLINE THREE: OVER-COMMUNICATE ORGANIZATIONAL CLARITY.

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• IDENTITY,VALUES, MISSION, MAJOR GOALS, OBJECTIVES, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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• The essence of a cohesive leadership team is trust, which is marked by an absence of politics, unnecessary anxiety, and wasted energy.

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• “The questions were, ‘What did you accomplish?’ ‘What will you accomplish next?’ ‘How can you improve?’”   “That’s it?”   “Not quite. The question on the back was, ‘Are you embracing the values?’”

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• Sausalito

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1. Patrick Lencioni (Author)

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• Dewey: 658

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• Books › Business & Investing › Management & Leadership › Management Science
• Books › Business & Investing › Management & Leadership › Management
• Books › Business & Investing › Small Business & Entrepreneurship › Entrepreneurship
• Books › Business & Investing › Management & Leadership › Motivational
• Books › Business & Investing › Management & Leadership › Leadership
• Books › Business & Investing › Business Life › Motivation & Self-Improvement