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The Five Temptations of a CEO
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The Five Temptations of a CEO

A Leadership Fable

Patrick Lencioni
Jossey-Bass, 1998

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Why do CEOs fail? According to Patrick Lencioni, they fall prey to common temptations that distract them from their only true responsibility: producing results. The temptations, like the tendency to focus on career status over corporate performance, boil down to very human weaknesses. You won’t necessarily learn any real success secrets here, but the reminder to keep these dangerous propensities in mind and under control will be valuable to all executives. This book has gotten rave reviews for its powerful simplicity and vivid prose, but we think the slim volume would have been more effective if it were made even slimmer by cutting out the fable that frames the CEO advice. But nevertheless, getAbstract recommends this book as fast and easy reading for CEOs or, likelier, for those still climbing the corporate ladder.

Take-Aways

  • Your goal as a CEO should be to produce results for your company.
  • Avoid falling prey to any of the five major temptations of a CEO.
  • The first temptation is choosing status over results.

About the Author

Patrick Lencioni is president of The Table Group, a San Francisco Bay Area management consulting firm. Besides working as an executive coach and consultant, he has written a number of screenplays. He previously held key positions at Sybase and Oracle, and began his career at Bain & Company. He has worked with hundreds of executive teams and CEOs.

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