The single greatest advantage any company can achieve is organizational health. - Patrick Lencioni

Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.

The key is to take five minutes at the end of staff meetings and ask the question, "What do we need to communicate to our people?" After a few minutes of discussion, it will become apparent which issues need clarification and which are appropriate to communicate. Not only does this brief discussion avoid confusion among the executives themselves, it gives employees a sense that the people who head their respective departments are working together and coming to agreement on important issues.

If you could get all the people in an organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time.