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A review by kepheus
The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business by Patrick Lencioni
4.0
I must admit I was pleasantly surprised at how accessible, realistic, and practical this was given. I generally lump this type of book into one of two categories: useless touchy-feely hand-wavey bull**** or stomach-churning backroom-dealing a**holery but this manages to navigate the two extremes like Odysseus did Scylla and Charybdis.
My only complaint is that the real-life examples feel artificial without names of people or companies. Indicating that such-and-such company failed because their CEO was a schmuck is nice, but it rings hollow. Not that I can blame the author for avoiding defamation suits, but even fake names would have lent an extra level of tangibility.
Now I need to see if I can apply this to small-scale teams rather than the execs the author seems to deal with.
My only complaint is that the real-life examples feel artificial without names of people or companies. Indicating that such-and-such company failed because their CEO was a schmuck is nice, but it rings hollow. Not that I can blame the author for avoiding defamation suits, but even fake names would have lent an extra level of tangibility.
Now I need to see if I can apply this to small-scale teams rather than the execs the author seems to deal with.