{"id":483,"date":"2009-12-22T14:00:20","date_gmt":"2009-12-22T19:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/?p=483"},"modified":"2012-10-23T14:55:34","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T18:55:34","slug":"the-four-obsessions-of-an-extraordinary-executive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/the-four-obsessions-of-an-extraordinary-executive\/","title":{"rendered":"The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0787954039?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=achieinc&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0787954039\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-502\" title=\"The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: A Leadership Fable\" src=\"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/the-four-obsessions-of-an-extraordinary-executive.jpg\" alt=\"The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: A Leadership Fable\" width=\"111\" height=\"160\" \/>The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: A Leadership Fable<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=achieinc&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0787954039\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nby Patrick Lencioni<\/p>\n<p>This is the stunning follow-up to the author&#8217;s best-selling book, <em>The Five Temptations of a CEO<\/em>. You&#8217;ll certainly enjoy the author&#8217;s profound insights and the simplicity of his theories. According to Lencioni, there are truly only four things that should keep you, as a leader, up at night in order to sustain a successful organization. The rest can and should be delegated to your able team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This book is a very quick read that still manages to hit you right between the eyes with a one-two punch of reality and hope. I don&#8217;t know how he does it, but the author has a knack for story-telling that will convince you that he knows your organization and\u00a0your people as well as you do &#8230; maybe even better. The good news is that he articulates a straight-forward prescription for a better functioning organization. This is a powerful model for any organization, large or small.<\/p>\n<p><em>(This book review was originally published in\u00a02001 as one of the Top 10 Books &#8211; Edition 6.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni This is the stunning follow-up to the author&#8217;s best-selling book, The Five Temptations of a CEO. 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