Smart v. Healthy

As I read management and leadership consultant Patrick Lencioni's latest book The Advantage, I find it so eloquent when he states that teams/organizations need two requirements for success—"smart" and "healthy."


"Smart" includes

• strategy
• marketing
• finance
• technology

"Healthy" includes

• minimal politics
• minimal confusion
• high morale
• high productivity
• low turnover

He goes on to say "if someone were to press me on which of the two characteristics of an organization, intelligence or health, should receive first priority, I would say without hesitation that health comes out a clear number one."