Adriaan Fouche

“Politics is when people choose their words and actions based on how they want others to react rather than based on what they really think.”
― Patrick Lencioni, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

“If people don’t weigh in, they can’t buy in.”
― Patrick Lencioni, The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business

“The only way for the leader of a team to create a safe environment for his team members to be vulnerable is by stepping up and doing something that feels unsafe and uncomfortable first. By getting naked before anyone else, by taking the risk of making himself vulnerable with no guarantee that other members of the team will respond in kind, a leader demonstrates an extraordinary level of selflessness and dedication to the team. And that gives him the right, and the confidence, to ask others to do the same.”
― Patrick Lencioni, The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business

“A team that is not focused on results ... • Stagnates/fails to grow • Rarely defeats competitors • Loses achievement-oriented employees”
― Patrick Lencioni, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable