The Advantage

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There is a competitive advantage out there, arguably more powerfulthan any other. Is it superior strategy? Faster innovation? Smarteremployees? No, New York Times best-selling author, PatrickLencioni, argues that the seminal difference between successfulcompanies and mediocre ones has little to do with what they knowand how smart they are and more to do with how healthy they are. Inthis book, Lencioni brings together his vast experience and many ofthe themes cultivated in his other best-selling books and deliversa first: a cohesive and comprehensive exploration of the uniqueadvantage organizational health provides. Simply put, an organization is healthy when it is whole,consistent and complete, when its management, operations andculture are unified. Healthy organizations outperform theircounterparts, are free of politics and confusion and provide anenvironment where star performers never want to leave.Lencioni's first non-fiction book provides leaders with agroundbreaking, approachable model for achieving organizationalhealth--complete with stories, tips and anecdotes from hisexperiences consulting to some of the nation's leadingorganizations. In this age of informational ubiquity andnano-second change, it is no longer enough to build a competitiveadvantage based on intelligence alone. The Advantage provides afoundational construct for conducting business in a newway--one that maximizes human potential and aligns theorganization 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)
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