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  1. Patrick Lencioni _ The Ideal Team Player: How to

    The most important part of the development process, and the part that is so often missing, is the leader's commitment to constantly "reminding" an employee if she is not yet doing what is needed. Without this, improvement will not occur.
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  2. Patrick Lencioni _ The Ideal Team Player: How to

    It's important not to misread my advice as permission to tolerate people who don't fit. Too often, leaders know that an employee really doesn't belong and would be better elsewhere, and they fail to act because they lack courage.
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  3. Patrick Lencioni _ The Ideal Team Player: How to

    Many people will try to get a job even if they don't fit the company's stated values, but very few will do so if they know that they're going to be held accountable, day in and day out, for behavior that violates the values.
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  4. Patrick Lencioni _ The Ideal Team Player: How to

    Great team players lack excessive ego or concerns about status. They are quick to point out the contributions of others and slow to seek attention for their own. They share credit, emphasize team over self, and define success collectively rather than individually. It is no great surprise, then, that humility is the single greatest and most indispensable attribute of being a team player. Humility is the single greatest and most indispensable attribute of being a team player.
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  5. Patrick Lencioni _ The Ideal Team Player: How to

    Well," he was clearly thinking out loud, "probably someone who wants to be at practice. I love gym rats, but not just the kind who want to play one-on-one all day. I like the kids who come early and do extra drills. And watch film even when they don't have to." He paused before adding, "And who kind of hate to lose." "Sore losers?" Ben shook his head. "No, not at all. I mean, the kind who come to practice wanting to work as hard as they can to avoid losing. Coaching them is easy.
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  6. Patrick Lencioni _ The Ideal Team Player: How to

    Hungry Only: The Bulldozer
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  7. Patrick Lencioni _ The Ideal Team Player: How to

    Humble Only: The Pawn
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  8. Patrick Lencioni _ The Ideal Team Player: How to

    First, we go figure out how to recognize a real team player, the kind of person who can easily build trust, engage in healthy conflict, make real commitments, hold people accountable, and focus on the team's results. Then, we stop hiring people who can't. Finally, we help the people who are acting like jackasses change their ways or move on to different companies.
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  9. Patrick Lencioni _ The Ideal Team Player: How to

    The most unhappy people in a company are the ones who don't fit the culture and are allowed to stay. They know they don't belong. Deep down inside they don't want to be there. They're miserable.
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  10. Patrick Lencioni _ The Ideal Team Player: How to

    Leaders who can identify, hire, and cultivate employees who are humble, hungry, and smart will have a serious advantage over those who cannot.
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  11. Patrick Lencioni _ The Ideal Team Player: How to

    Scare People with Sincerity
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  12. Patrick Lencioni _ The Ideal Team Player: How to

    Humility isn't thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.
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