Patrick Lencioni

Patrick Lencioni is the author of "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team", a popular business fable that explores work team dynamics and offers solutions to help teams perform better.

In addition to the bestselling "Five Dysfunctions of a Team", he has written six other books: "Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team"; "Death by Meeting"; "Silos, Politics and Turf Wars"; "The Five Temptations of a CEO"; "The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive" and "The Three Signs of a Miserable Job".

Lencioni, who lives in Alamo, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area, is the president of The Table Group, a management consulting firm specializing in executive team development and organizational health. As a consultant and keynote speaker, he has worked with thousands of senior executives and executive teams in organizations ranging from Fortune 500s and high tech start-ups to universities and non-profits. His clients include AT&T, Bechtel, Boeing, Cisco, Sam's Club, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Allstate, Visa, FedEx, New York Life, Sprint, Novell, Sybase, The Make-A-Wish Foundation, and the US Military Academy, West Point. He has delivered dozens of keynote addresses on leadership, organizational change, teamwork and corporate culture.

He is frequently interviewed for national media including features in the "Wall Street Journal" and "USA Today".

Previously, Lencioni worked at the management consulting firm Bain & Company, Oracle Corporation, and Sybase, where he was VP of Organization Development. He is on numerous advisory boards, and sits on the National Board of Directors for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.