The Ideal Team Player
by: Patrick Lencioni
“Too many leaders hire mostly for competency and technical skills, but not for cultural fit.”
Who Read it? Pat & Amanda Carroll
Our Take on the Book
Pat and I listened to this book a while back on a road trip. We both particularity enjoyed the way the concepts were presented. Lencioni lays out what he considers to be the three virtues of the ideal team player, in the form of a fable about a company leader desperate to save his business. It was nice to hear the concepts discovered and the process evolve, told in an applicable setting. The concept is extremely simple, yet we took a TON away from this book that we have applied to improving PCR.
Top Takeaways:
This is an excellent book for leaders trying to build a team of employees who share a common vision. Lencioni’s three virtues that a team player must possess are as follows:
- Be Humble: Humility is the single greatest attribute of being a team player.
- Be Hungry: Those who are hungry for success almost almost always work harder because they have drive and are self-motivated. This means they rarely need to get pushed by a manager to perform better, as they already push themselves.
- Be Smart: Being smart refers to common sense and awareness and how people view and work with those around them.
How We Applied This Book:
If you listen to the audio book, I also recommend buying a hard copy to look back on and reference as well. The end of the book contains a great section for applying the concepts of this book to your business.
- Hiring: We were able to apply some of the interview and hiring tips provided and improve our hiring process to really help us find ideal team players for our IT company.
- Staff Development: Who doesn’t want to develop your staff? There are some really great ideas for self-assessment and staff development that we have applied to continue to grow our team.
- Culture: Improving culture is always a big deal to us, and incorporating some of the simple concepts has helped us push that along.
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Happy Reading!
Amanda Carroll, PCR Business Systems
Finished reading The Ideal Team Player and ready to take on your next book? Check out our review of The Perfect Day Formula by Craig Ballantyne.
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