Lencioni biography
Patrick Lencioni Keynote Speaker
- Founder & President at The Table Group
- Best-selling author of several business books including The Five Dysfunctions of Team
- Leader in Corporate Efficiency
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Patrick Lencioni's Biography
Patrick Lencioni is a pioneer in the field of organizational health, keynote speaker, and the founder and president of The Table Group, a firm dedicated to improving teamwork, clarity, and employee engagement within organizations. He is the author of eleven best-selling books, including the groundbreaking The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, which has remained a fixture on national best-seller lists for over sixteen years, and The Advantage, the preeminent guide on organizational health. His more recent book, The Ideal Team Player, is also a Wall Street Journal best-seller.
Pat’s expertise lies in identifying the core elements that make organizations successful, offering practical strategies for leaders to build strong teams, enhance leadership effectiveness, and create healthy workplace environments. His leadership models have gained widespread appeal, attracting a diverse clientele that includes Fortune 500 companies, professional sports organizations, the military, non-profits, schools, and churches.
As a speaker, Patrick Lencioni is known for his accessibility, humor, and storytelling, making complex ideas relatable and actionable. He addresses thousands of leaders each year at world-class organizations and national conferences, consistently earning top ratings as a keynote speaker. His work has been featured in Fortune, USA TODAY, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Harvard Business Review.
Before founding The Table Group, Pat worked as a corporate executive at Sybase, Oracle, and Bain & Company. He was named one of Fortune magazine’s “ten new gurus you should know.” Pat lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and four sons.
Patrick Lencioni's Speaking Topic Patrick Lencioni
American author
Patrick Lencioni (born c. 1965) is an American author of books on business management, particularly in relation to team management. He is best known as the author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, a popular business fable that explores work team dynamics and offers solutions to help teams perform better. In addition to Five Dysfunctions of a Team, he has written eleven other business books. He has also applied his management techniques to families in The Three Big Questions for a Frantic Family.
The Table Group
Lencioni is president of The Table Group, a management consulting firm specializing in executive team development and organizational health. As a consultant and keynote speaker, he has worked with senior executives and executive teams in organizations ranging from Fortune 500s and high tech start-ups to universities and non-profits. He also gives talks on leadership, organizational change, teamwork and corporate culture. He is frequently interviewed for national media including features in the Wall Street Journal and USA Today.CNN Money listed him in 2008 as one of "10 new gurus you should know". The Wall Street Journal said he is "one of the most in-demand business speakers."
Previously, Lencioni worked at the management consulting firm Bain & Company, Oracle Corporation, and Sybase, where he was VP of Organization Development.
Lencioni grew up in Bakersfield, California. He lives in Alamo, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is married and has four sons.
Books
- Lencioni, Patrick. 1998. The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable. Jossey-Bass. ISBN 9780787944339
- Lencioni, Patrick. 2000. The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: A Leadership Fable. Jossey-Bass. ISBN 978-0787954031
- Lencioni, Patrick. 2002. The Five Dysfunc
Patrick Lencioni
Business Visionary, Thought Leader, Practical Solutions for Teams
Patrick Lencioni address issues of organizational effectiveness and teamwork within the context of real business issues, avoiding internal politics and confusion.
Patrick shares his models on organizational health, teamwork, leadership and employee engagement and inspires his audiences through his accessibility, humor and storytelling.
He is founder and president of The Table Group, a firm dedicated to providing organizations with ideas, products and services that improve teamwork, clarity and employee engagement.
Lencioni’s passion for organizations and teams is reflected in his writing, speaking and executive consulting. Pat is the author of ten best-selling books with nearly four million copies sold. After twelve years in print, his book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team continues to be a fixture on national best-seller lists. His latest book, The Advantage: Why Organization Health Trumps Everything Else in Business, became an instant bestseller.
The wide-spread appeal of Lencioni’s leadership models have yielded a diverse base of speaking and consulting clients, including a mix of Fortune 500 companies, professional sports organizations, the military, non- profits, schools and churches.
Patrick Lencioni addresses thousands of leaders each year at world class organizations and national conferences. Consistently the top rated keynote speaker at major events, Pat shares his insights and inspires his audiences through his accessibility, humor and storytelling.
Named in Fortune as one of the ‘ten new gurus you should know,’ Patrick and his work have been featured in USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal, Inc., and Harvard Business Review, to name a few.
Prior to founding his firm, he worked as a corporate executive for Sybase, Oracle and Bain & Company. Patrick lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and four sons.
Patrick’s Topics:
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Lencioni, Patrick 1965-
PERSONAL: Born 1965; married; wife's name, Laura; children: Matthew, Connor, Casey. Education:
ADDRESSES: Offıce—The Table Group, Inc., 3640 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Suite 202, Lafayette, CA 94549. E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER: Former vice president of organizational development for Sybase; has also worked for Oracle Corporation and Bain & Company; The Table Group (consulting firm), Lafayette, CA, founder and president, 1997—. Member of national board of directors, Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, 2000-2003.
WRITINGS:
The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable, Jossey-Bass (San Francisco, CA), 1998.
Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: The FourDisciplines at the Heart of Making Any Organization World Class, Jossey-Bass (San Francisco, CA), 2000.
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, Jossey-Bass (San Francisco, CA), 2002.
Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable about Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business, Jossey-Bass (San Francisco, CA), 2004.
Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A FieldGuide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators, Jossey-Bass (San Francisco, CA), 2005.
Contributor of articles to periodicals, including Harvard Business Review.
ADAPTATIONS: Sound recordings have been made of The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable, Simon & Schuster Audio (New York, NY), 1998, and Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable about Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business, Audio Renaissance (New York, NY), 2004.
SIDELIGHTS: Patrick Lencioni, a specialist in management consulting and a leading expert on executive team development, is the author of several business books expounding his theories on business management. Unlike most other business book authors, Lencioni presents his approach and theories with a short fictional story. For example, in The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable the author tells the story of a young CE
Patrick Lencioni
American author
Patrick Lencioni (born c. 1965) is an American author of books on business management, particularly in relation to team management. He is best known as the author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, a popular business fable that explores work team dynamics and offers solutions to help teams perform better. In addition to Five Dysfunctions of a Team, he has written eleven other business books. He has also applied his management techniques to families in The Three Big Questions for a Frantic Family.
The Table Group
Lencioni is president of The Table Group, a management consulting firm specializing in executive team development and organizational health. As a consultant and keynote speaker, he has worked with senior executives and executive teams in organizations ranging from Fortune 500s and high tech start-ups to universities and non-profits. He also gives talks on leadership, organizational change, teamwork and corporate culture. He is frequently interviewed for national media including features in the Wall Street Journal and USA Today.CNN Money listed him in 2008 as one of "10 new gurus you should know". The Wall Street Journal said he is "one of the most in-demand business speakers."
Previously, Lencioni worked at the management consulting firm Bain & Company, Oracle Corporation, and Sybase, where he was VP of Organization Development.
Lencioni grew up in Bakersfield, California. He lives in Alamo, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is married and has four sons.
Books
- Lencioni, Patrick. 1998. The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable. Jossey-Bass. ISBN 9780787944339
- Lencioni, Patrick. 2000. The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: A Leadership Fable. Jossey-Bass. ISBN 978-0787954031
- Lencioni, Patrick. 2002. The Five Dysfunc
Patrick Lencioni
Business Visionary, Thought Leader, Practical Solutions for Teams
Patrick Lencioni address issues of organizational effectiveness and teamwork within the context of real business issues, avoiding internal politics and confusion.
Patrick shares his models on organizational health, teamwork, leadership and employee engagement and inspires his audiences through his accessibility, humor and storytelling.
He is founder and president of The Table Group, a firm dedicated to providing organizations with ideas, products and services that improve teamwork, clarity and employee engagement.
Lencioni’s passion for organizations and teams is reflected in his writing, speaking and executive consulting. Pat is the author of ten best-selling books with nearly four million copies sold. After twelve years in print, his book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team continues to be a fixture on national best-seller lists. His latest book, The Advantage: Why Organization Health Trumps Everything Else in Business, became an instant bestseller.
The wide-spread appeal of Lencioni’s leadership models have yielded a diverse base of speaking and consulting clients, including a mix of Fortune 500 companies, professional sports organizations, the military, non- profits, schools and churches.
Patrick Lencioni addresses thousands of leaders each year at world class organizations and national conferences. Consistently the top rated keynote speaker at major events, Pat shares his insights and inspires his audiences through his accessibility, humor and storytelling.
Named in Fortune as one of the ‘ten new gurus you should know,’ Patrick and his work have been featured in USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal, Inc., and Harvard Business Review, to name a few.
Prior to founding his firm, he worked as a corporate executive for Sybase, Oracle and Bain & Company. Patrick lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and four sons.
Patrick’s Topics:
The Untapped Advantage of O
- Patrick lencioni wife
Lencioni, Patrick 1965-
PERSONAL: Born 1965; married; wife's name, Laura; children: Matthew, Connor, Casey. Education:
ADDRESSES: Offıce—The Table Group, Inc., 3640 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Suite 202, Lafayette, CA 94549. E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER: Former vice president of organizational development for Sybase; has also worked for Oracle Corporation and Bain & Company; The Table Group (consulting firm), Lafayette, CA, founder and president, 1997—. Member of national board of directors, Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, 2000-2003.
WRITINGS:
The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable, Jossey-Bass (San Francisco, CA), 1998.
Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: The FourDisciplines at the Heart of Making Any Organization World Class, Jossey-Bass (San Francisco, CA), 2000.
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, Jossey-Bass (San Francisco, CA), 2002.
Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable about Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business, Jossey-Bass (San Francisco, CA), 2004.
Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A FieldGuide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators, Jossey-Bass (San Francisco, CA), 2005.
Contributor of articles to periodicals, including Harvard Business Review.
ADAPTATIONS: Sound recordings have been made of The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable, Simon & Schuster Audio (New York, NY), 1998, and Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable about Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business, Audio Renaissance (New York, NY), 2004.
SIDELIGHTS: Patrick Lencioni, a specialist in management consulting and a leading expert on executive team development, is the author of several business books expounding his theories on business management. Unlike most other business book authors, Lencioni presents his approach and theories with a short fictional story. For example, in The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable the author tells the story of a young CE