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.
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Consulting executive Lencioni (The Five Dysfunctions of a Team) has an answer for floundering businesses—aim for organizational health. In other words, businesses that are whole, consistent, and complete, with complementary management, operations, strategy, and culture. Today, the vast majority of organizations have more than enough intelligence, experience, and knowledge to be successful. Organizational health is neither sexy nor quantifiable, which is why more people don′t take advantage. However, improved health will not only create a competitive advantage and better bottom line, it will boost morale. Lencioni covers four steps to health: build a cohesive leadership team, create clarity, overcommunicate clarity, and reinforce clarity. Through examples of his own experiences and others′, he addresses the behaviors of a cohesive team, peer–to–peer accountability, office politics and bureaucracy and strategy, and how all organizations should strive to make people′s lives better. This smart, pithy, and practical guide is a must–read for executives and other businesspeople who need to get their proverbial ducks back in a row. (Apr.) ( Publishers Weekly , 1/16/12)
′Something in it for everyone…a lot of value in it’ ( Alan Jordon, Sales Director of Bookbuzz) ‘The book contains a wealth of practical yet profound advice that would be of benefit to any HR or organisational professional.’ (HR Zone, September 2012) ‘geared mainly at leader’s, I believe it is applicable to any medium sized to large organisation.’ (Professional Manager, November 2012)
′Something in it for everyone…a lot of value in it’ ( Alan Jordon, Sales Director of Bookbuzz) ‘The book contains a wealth of practical yet profound advice that would be of benefit to any HR or organisational professional.’ (HR Zone, September 2012) ‘geared mainly at leader’s, I believe it is applicable to any medium sized to large organisation.’ (Professional Manager, November 2012)
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"Organizational health will one day surpass all other disciplines in business as the greatest opportunity for improvement and competitive advantage." This is the promise of The Advantage , Patrick Lencioni′s bold manifesto about the most unexploited opportunity in modern business. In his immensely readable and accessible style, Lencioni makes the case that there is no better way to achieve profound improvement in an organization than by attacking the root causes of dysfunction, politics, and confusion. While too many leaders are still limiting their search for advantage to conventional and largely exhausted areas like marketing, strategy, and technology, Lencioni demonstrates that there is an untapped gold mine sitting right beneath them. Instead of trying to become smarter, he asserts that leaders and organizations need to shift their focus to becoming healthier, allowing them to tap into the more–than–sufficient intelligence and expertise they already have. The author of numerous best–selling business fables including The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and Death by Meeting , Lencioni here draws upon his twenty years of writing, field research, and executive consulting to some of the world′s leading organizations. He combines real–world stories and anecdotes with practical, actionable advice to create a work that is at once a great read and an invaluable, hands–on tool. The result is, without a doubt, Lencioni′s most comprehensive, significant, and essential work to date.
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Anyone who has any interest in Management books has read or heard of Patrick Lencioni. He writes in a style that is very accessible with lots of anecdotes and stories to help make the point.
This book is no different and is very readable.
As he will state himself, most of it is actually just uncommon common sense.
There was definitely a lot to take out of it given I have just recently joined a growing charity in a Senior Management position. The only problem however, is that much of what he prescribes requires an outside person to really do. For example, he talks about being Vulnerable and suggest that senior managers sit round and talk about one anothers childhood as a starting point.
I am not sure how well a suggestion like that would go down in my organisation, which is a charity and where we actually know each other quite well, let alone in an organisation where you have only ever been work-colleagues and it's a more 'aggressive' culture.
But if you are in senior management then you will definitely get some good ideas - some of which you may well be able to implement without outside intervention. Whatever it is, this will make you think or re-think the accepted norms of management. And that can only be a good thing.
This book is no different and is very readable.
As he will state himself, most of it is actually just uncommon common sense.
There was definitely a lot to take out of it given I have just recently joined a growing charity in a Senior Management position. The only problem however, is that much of what he prescribes requires an outside person to really do. For example, he talks about being Vulnerable and suggest that senior managers sit round and talk about one anothers childhood as a starting point.
I am not sure how well a suggestion like that would go down in my organisation, which is a charity and where we actually know each other quite well, let alone in an organisation where you have only ever been work-colleagues and it's a more 'aggressive' culture.
But if you are in senior management then you will definitely get some good ideas - some of which you may well be able to implement without outside intervention. Whatever it is, this will make you think or re-think the accepted norms of management. And that can only be a good thing.
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I was left worndering how long this book took to write. It read like a seminar presentation. But its very practitioner and manager oriented and that makes for a good airport read. It's not to my taste but I'm sure there are plenty of people out there looking for a non-academic spin on what is actually an important subject. I sometimes feel concepts are communicated in a simplistic rather than simplified way in this type of book. But given the author's sold over 3 million books he must be doing something right.
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I'm not really sure what I was expecting from The Advantage, I dived in enthusiastically but found the detail it went into early on really turned me off. From what other reviewers have said I would suggest you treat this as a study or exploratory text into the theory behind organisational heath, and if approached with this expectation when purchasing, you will probably get what you expected.
If, like me, you were hoping for a more practical guide I would search elsewhere, as there are many books out there which provide new ideas and practical guidance regarding business strategy.
If, like me, you were hoping for a more practical guide I would search elsewhere, as there are many books out there which provide new ideas and practical guidance regarding business strategy.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting, but...
Change management-lite - it reads like a an aspirational mission statement, but seems somewhat light on the actual specifics of how an organisation would actually go about... Read more
Published 10 days ago by George Rodger
4.0 out of 5 stars
Concise insight into Organisational Heatlh
Concise insight into Organisational Heatlh. Not one of those long-winded books that you forget as you read it. It's real world basics that everyone should know.
Published 1 month ago by Brian
4.0 out of 5 stars
A must for successful change leaders
This book is like the idiots guide to change management. Lencioni provides a framework to follow to lead change successfully, taking your followers along for this ride rather than... Read more
Published 2 months ago by L. mckay
2.0 out of 5 stars
About setting mission statements and core values
This isn't the book I thought it was going to be. It's not about "organizational health" as the title says, it's about the operational health of the most senior tier management... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Rosey Lea
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great but seems rare in Organisations!
In deed it would be great to work for an organisation that strives to be healthy. It looks into various things that if collectuvely taken care of, then an organisation is said to... Read more
Published 4 months ago by A. Kwabula
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting Concepts and Some Good Ideas
The Advantage is focused on large organisations with management consultants working with CEOs and their management groups. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Alison
3.0 out of 5 stars
A read, perhaps one to take away from a seminar?
Very stateside style of writing and content. The message seems to be "get a consultant (me, me)" and does not convey what can be done inside the business without this. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Keith Lawson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sensational help for your thinking!
I heard Patrick speak on this issue and followed up with the immediate acquirement of his book. Organizational health is a major breakthrough in our thinking process about the... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. Stephen Redman
3.0 out of 5 stars
Lively, succinct, if a little predictable
Another reviewer has stolen my thunder and described this as a detailed seminar presentation/script...I wanted to say that first! Read more
Published 6 months ago by Zip Domingo
4.0 out of 5 stars
Some good advice
This contained some quite good and useful advice. I did learn a few things from it.
They layout is a bit of a mess and considering the cost it does have a bit of a cheap... Read more
They layout is a bit of a mess and considering the cost it does have a bit of a cheap... Read more
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