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Patrick Lencioni

Patrick Lencioni writes leadership fables, hosts conversations about work, and develops practical tools for healthier teams through The Table Group.

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Overview

Work: Author, speaker, podcast host, and cofounder of The Table Group
Started: Founded The Table Group in 1997 after working at Bain & Company, Oracle, and Sybase
Breakout: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, the 2002 leadership fable that became a New York Times bestseller
Books: 13 books, with more than 10 million copies sold and translations into over 30 languages, according to The Table Group
Home: Tennessee

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How it started.

Before The Table Group, Pat worked at Bain & Company, Oracle, and Sybase. He founded the firm in 1997. In an interview with Sports Business Journal, he described his approach as field research: working with organizations, noticing patterns, and building ideas from what he saw.

Stories that teams pass around.

The Five Temptations of a CEO appeared in 1998, followed by The Five Dysfunctions of a Team in 2002. The latter became a New York Times bestseller. Its fictional leadership story gives readers a way to talk about trust, conflict, commitment, accountability, and results in their own teams.

A wider conversation about work.

The Advantage explores organizational health, while The Ideal Team Player focuses on the people who make teamwork possible. In 2022, The 6 Types of Working Genius brought his model of energizing and frustrating work into book form. Fans can also hear him work through everyday leadership questions on At The Table and The Working Genius Podcast.

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Quotes

I just always had a passion for organizational issues, and I call out what I see.Patrick Lencioni, Sports Business Journal, September 28, 2006

On how his experience with organizations informed his teamwork ideas.

Trivia

He is often called Pat, including on The Table Group’s own site.
He has four sons and lives in Tennessee with his wife.
In his conversation with Andy Stanley, he identified invention and discernment as work he enjoys, and described galvanizing people as a frustration that led him to rethink his role.