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" I've seen it again and again in my consulting: Most teams are too large to be innovative, despite their leaders' best intentions. "

Patrick Lencioni

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" When team members trust each other and know that everyone is capable of admitting when they're wrong, then conflict becomes nothing more than the pursuit of truth or the best possible answer. "

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" Hungry people are always looking for more. More things to do. More to learn. More responsibility to take on. "

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" A lot of times, people find themselves in a meeting where the primary purpose is to receive information, and that's a poor use of people's time. Those meetings can be easily dispensed with and can be an email instead that people read in their own time. "

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" Whether we're talking about leadership, teamwork, or client service, there is no more powerful attribute than the ability to be genuinely honest about one's weaknesses, mistakes, and needs for help. "

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" People who have a sense of peace that their priorities are in the right place also have a sense of humility and a realistic view on life. "

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" When truth takes a backseat to ego and politics, trust is lost. "

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" The kind of people that all teams need are people who are humble, hungry, and smart: humble being little ego, focusing more on their teammates than on themselves. Hungry, meaning they have a strong work ethic, are determined to get things done, and contribute any way they can. Smart, meaning not intellectually smart but inner personally smart. "

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" Are your people uncomfortable during meetings and tired at the end? If not, they're probably not mixing it up enough and getting to the bottom of important issues. "

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" The fact is, employees cannot make breakthroughs if they can't openly and honestly disagree with their peers and their leader. Indeed, great leaders don't just permit conflict; they actively try to elicit it from reluctant employees as well. "

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" On great teams - the kind where people trust each other, engage in open conflict, and then commit to decisions - team members have the courage and confidence to confront one another when they see something that isn't serving the team. "

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" Having to re-recruit, rehire, and retrain, and wait for a new employee to get up to speed is devastating in terms of cost. "

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" You need to make sure you hire people who are capable of being strong team players. Team members should fit the company's culture, be committed to the team, and be capable of being genuinely vulnerable and selfless. "

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" Hungry people almost never have to be pushed by a manager to work harder, because they are self-motivated and diligent. They are constantly thinking about the next step and the next opportunity. And they loathe the idea that they might be perceived as slackers. "

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" What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence. "

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" At its core, all authentic growth depends on more customers wanting more of what your company offers. Any other drivers - pricing gimmicks, heroic marketing efforts, forced acquisitions - are ultimately destructive. "

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" Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job. "

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" Smart people tend to know what is happening in a group situation and how to deal with others in the most effective way. They ask good questions, listen to what others are saying, and stay engaged in conversations intently. "

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" We learn by taking action and seeing whether it works or not. "

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" Irrelevance is the feeling that an employee gets when they don't see how their job really makes a difference in someone else's life in some large or small way. "

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" Meetings are usually terrible, but they shouldn't be. "

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" Some companies simply aren't meant to be bigger than they are. They provide products and services that satisfy their customers in a way that pays the bills, produces reasonable profits, and allows them to keep their people employed and fulfilled. And there's nothing whatsoever wrong with that. "

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" I never accepted the premise that meetings themselves were bad. "

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" Teamwork is a strategic decision. "

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" Although most executives pay lip service to the idea of hiring for cultural fit, few have the courage or discipline to make it the primary criteria for bringing someone into the company. "

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" If you want to lead, you better love people. Even if you don't like them, you have to love them enough to tell them the truth. "

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" Make sure that the people at the top are working together and there aren't divisions of labor. Don't have people working in silos; have them working across the team. "

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" Enron - although an extreme case - is hardly the only company with a hollow set of values. "

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" Clients don't expect perfection from the service providers they hire, but they do expect honesty and transparency. There is no better way to demonstrate this than by acknowledging when a mistake has been made and humbly apologizing for it. "

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" I hate touchy-feely things. "

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" The truth is that intelligence, knowledge, and domain expertise are vastly overrated as the driving forces behind competitive advantage and sustainable success. "

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