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Patrick Lencioni

The Ideal Team Player

Discover how to identify and develop teammates who embody humility, hunger, and people smarts—the true formula for team success.
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What Will You Learn?

Three virtues create ideal team players: humble, hungry, and smart – The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni simplifies hiring and development.

This comprehensive team building summary and main ideas reveal:

  • Humble - Put team above ego, share credit, and take responsibility for failures
  • Hungry - Self-motivated work ethic that constantly seeks more responsibility and learning
  • People Smart - Common sense about interpersonal dynamics and emotional intelligence
  • Virtue Combinations - Having only one or two creates problematic employee types



The hidden gem: Lencioni's "Interview Map" reveals which questions uncover each virtue.

Your Click.Apply.Grow™ journey: Assess yourself on three virtues tonight. Develop weakest area. Hire for all three. Teams with ideal players show 59% higher performance.

Humble, hungry, smart. Hire nothing less.

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About the Author

Patrick Lencioni is founder of The Table Group consulting firm who identified the five dysfunctions destroying 60% of team performance globally.

Written 11 books selling 6 million copies in 30+ languages. "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team" required reading at Fortune 500 companies. Consulted for Microsoft, FedEx, Southwest Airlines. Former Bain & Company and Oracle executive. Speaks at 100+ events annually. Created organizational health model proving culture beats strategy.

What sets Lencioni apart: His "vulnerability-based trust" concept showed why psychological safety predicts team success better than talent.

Teams implementing Lencioni's model report 50% improvement in engagement scores and decision-making speed.

The consultant who made dysfunction discussable.

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