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In this stunning follow-up to his best-selling book?? The Five Temptations of a CEO?? Patrick Lencioni offers up another leadership fable that's every bit as compelling and illuminating as its predecessor. This time?? Lencioni's focus is on a leader's crucial"e in building a healthy organization--an often overlooked but essential element of business life that is the linchpin of sustained success. Readers are treated to a story of corporate intrigue as the frustrated head of one consulting firm faces a leadership challenge so great that it threatens to topple his company?? his career?? and everything he holds true about leadership itself. In the story's telling?? Lencioni helps his readers understand the disarming simplicity and power of creating organizational health?? and reveals four key disciplines that they can follow to achieve it.

Amazon.com Review

Allegories and parables have long been effective ways to impart serious bits of knowledge and wisdom without getting too pedantic?? and business readers seem increasingly receptive to sensible management theory that employs this lively age-old literary technique. Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive?? a "ship fable" by Patrick Lencioni?? continues the trend with a solid prescription for organizational health--aiming for less politics?? lower turnover?? more productivity?? and higher morale. Presented as a fictional tale of two technical consultants and their competing companies?? the story is structured in a fashion that recalls his previous book (The Five Temptations of a CEO?? whose main character and firm are even slipped into t