This is my book summary of The Motive by Patrick Lencioni.

My Favorite Quotes from The Motive

Your job as the CEO is to do things that nobody else in the company can do.

If you are having bad meetings, you are making bad decisions. You’re almost certainly not talking about all of the right things.

Just because someone is in their 40’s, 50’s, or 60’s and has lots of experience doesn’t mean they do not need to be managed. Management is not a form of punishment or a sign of a lack of trust.

Good leaders are far more concerned about employees being uninformed than they are about being criticized for redundancy.

It is important for leaders to surround themselves with people who will be honest with them.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://jsilva.blog/2021/07/26/the-motive-summary/