There are a plethora of opinions about what leadership entails. One sub-theme that has emerged–and is of particular interest to me–is the theme of conflict. I find conflict quite upsetting. I don’t ...

Mr. Lencioni began the discussion by noting that any successful organization must be smart and healthy. Usually, the “smart” side of the equation takes up 98 percent of leaders’ attention, not ...

After a few rounds of coffee and morning chatter, hundreds of Inc. 500|5000 attendees piled into an auditorium at the Gaylord Conference Center to see author Patrick Lencioni talk about building ...

Patrick Lencioni? When we asked Cardinal Health’s security chief John Hartmann whom he’d like to see us interview, we weren’t surprised to see former FBI head Louis Freeh on his list. But we were ...

Conflict is uncomfortable-there is no way around it. However, research suggests that, contrary to intuition and conventional beliefs, conflict can actually be healthy at work if it is performed in the ...