The advantage : why organizational health trumps everything else in business / Patrick Lencioni.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The case for organizational health -- The four disciplines model. Discipline 1: Build a cohesive leadership team --Discipline 2: Create clarity -- Discipline 3: Overcommunicate clarity -- Discipline 4: Reinforce clarity -- The centrality of great meetings -- Seizing the advantage.

"There is a competitive advantage out there, arguably more powerful than any other. Is it superior strategy? Faster innovation? Smarter employees? Patrick Lencioni argues that the seminal difference between successful companies and mediocre ones has little to do with what they know and how smart they are and more to do with how healthy they are. Healthy organizations outperform their counterparts, are free of politics and confusion and provide an environment where star performers never want to leave. Provides leaders with a model for achieving organizational health.