301: How to Get the Ideal Team Player, with Patrick Lencioni

Coaching for Leaders

Patrick Lencioni: The Ideal Team Player

Patrick Lencioni is the founder of The Table Group and the author of 11 books which have sold over 5 million copies and been translated into more than 30 languages. He is the author of the blockbuster bestseller The Five Dysfunctions of a Team*, and his most recent bestseller, The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate the Three Essential Virtues*.

Key Points
  • Team players should be humble, hungry, and smart. Of the three, hunger is the hardest to teach later in life.
  • Standard interviews don’t work. Think of unconventional ways to really get to know the interviewee.
  • All the people interviewing a person need to evaluate the candidate using the same standards.
  • There is a very high opportunity cost for hiring someone with values that don’t fit into your organization.
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Patrick Lencioni: The Ideal Team Player

Patrick Lencioni is the founder of The Table Group and the author of 11 books which have sold over 5 million copies and been translated into more than 30 languages. He is the author of the blockbuster bestseller The Five Dysfunctions of a Team*, and his most recent bestseller, The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate the Three Essential Virtues*.

Key Points
  • Team players should be humble, hungry, and smart. Of the three, hunger is the hardest to teach later in life.
  • Standard interviews don’t work. Think of unconventional ways to really get to know the interviewee.
  • All the people interviewing a person need to evaluate the candidate using the same standards.
  • There is a very high opportunity cost for hiring someone with values that don’t fit into your organization.
Resources Mentioned Book Notes

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2017-06-12 39 min
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