The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive
Tuesday, April 20, 2004 – A few months ago, David gave me a copy of The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive by Patrick Lencioni, and I’ve been talking up this leadership fable ever since. Published in 2000 as the follow-up to The Five Temptations of a CEO, the author’s business fiction debut, The Four Obsessions is a timeless classic, an incredibly relevant blueprint for any organization, large or small. Which is why David first shared it with me, and more recently asked our entire staff to read it. He recognizes the value of a healthy (read: no politics or confusion) work environment. It’s what he -- and this book -- espouses. For starters: If everything is important, then nothing is. That’s Lencioni’s opening proposition -- that sustained well-being is…