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The Advantage

Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business
Book • 2012
In 'The Advantage', Patrick Lencioni makes a compelling case that the key to a company's success lies in its organizational health rather than its intelligence or technological prowess.

He argues that healthy organizations, characterized by a cohesive leadership team, clear strategy, effective communication, and a unified culture, outperform their counterparts.

Lencioni identifies three biases (the Sophistication Bias, the Adrenaline Bias, and the Quantification Bias) that prevent leaders from focusing on organizational health.

The book provides a practical model for achieving organizational health, including four disciplines: building a cohesive leadership team, creating clarity, overcommunicating clarity, and reinforcing clarity through systems and practices.

Lencioni draws on his extensive experience consulting with leading organizations to offer stories, tips, and anecdotes that illustrate the importance of organizational health in today's fast-changing business environment.

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Mentioned in 13 episodes

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AJ Bruno
as a book the Quotapath management team read.
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AJ Bruno
while discussing his experience speaking to seventh graders about AI and its impact on their lives.
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E109: Burnout, Breakthroughs & the New Reality of GTM Leadership
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Sam Chaudhary
as a reference for creating a high-performing leadership team.
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Starting an education giant in a “bad market” | ClassDojo’s story | Sam Chaudhary (Co-founder and CEO)
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Cody Thompson
as relating to the concepts discussed and presented to leaders about healthy organizations.
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251. Transition Equation
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Mike Schmitz
as a book he wants to read.
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101: Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
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Matt Nolan
as a book that his leadership team read to improve organizational health and build a team-based culture.
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Navigating the CRO Role while Building a Great Culture with Matt Nolan
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Richard Anton
as a “Bible” for organizational health internally and with their portfolio companies.
Richard Anton, General Partner @ Oxx
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AJ Bruno
as the book the management team read before their offsite.
SPOTLIGHT: What It Takes to Step into the CEO Role with Eric Anderson of Walnut
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Mike Schmitz
as a book he wants to read.
99: The Motive by Patrick Lencioni
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Kristin Cobb
as one of the books that drove vitamin D into public consciousness.
134: We are not in a low vitamin D epidemic, with Regina Nuzzo PhD & Kristin Cobb PhD
Mentioned by Ken Buckman as a book where he was interviewed as an ADHD entrepreneur.
203- How ADHD Can Ignite Your Entrepreneurial Potential
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Sam Crome
when discussing the importance of leadership meetings and cascading communication.
Chapter Ten: Meetings
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Ken Gurley
as the book where Lencioni states that organizational health is the single greatest advantage any company can achieve.
Healthy Churches - Rev. Ken Gurley
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Jason Schroeder
based off the work of Jim Collins to finding mission, vision, purpose and core values.
Defining Your Core Values
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Kip Knight
for their insights on teamwork and leadership, particularly for CMOs.
Kip Knight | Putting the Chief in CMO - Being Good at Marketing Isn't Enough | CMO Confidential
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Alex Hormozi
as a really good book that talks about the six main reasons to start a business.
Ep.523 ~ He Makes $1.2M Profit per Month Because His Offers Are So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No ~ Alex Hormozi
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Michael King
when discussing the importance of defining values and setting boundaries with clients.
167. Clients Overstepping? Set Better Boundaries

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