BY COURTENAY EDELHART, Bakersfield Californian - There are very few nationally known business gurus who punctuate obligatory thank yous to local sponsors with personal anecdotes, but for best-selling business author Patrick Lencioni, the banner behind the lectern at a speech Monday was a walk down memory lane.

"Let's see, Mercy Hospital, I was born there. San Joaquin Hospital, my father died there. That bank, there, I was a teller for them," he began at a presentation sponsored by the Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce at the DoubleTree Hotel.

Then came the shout-outs. There were nods to friends and relatives in the audience, and, if his language got too

NewsBlaze (press release) - SAN FRANCISCO - (BUSINESS WIRE) - With nearly three million books sold, best-selling author Patrick Lencioni has finally turned his attention toward his own craft-consulting and client service—in his new book, Getting Naked: a Business Fable about Shedding the Three Fears that Sabotage Client Loyalty (Jossey-Bass, 978-0-7879-7639-2, $24.95, February 2010).

Getting Naked reveals some simple, yet counterintuitive concepts that have given Lencioni's company a fiercely loyal client base, a key advantage over larger, more well-know firms. In the book, Lencioni urges readers to explore unconventional concepts, including, "enter the danger," "ask the dumb questions," "celebrate your mistakes" and more. By stripping

Web Services Journal - Montvale, NJ, USA - An unhappy, unproductive workforce is the subject best-selling author and CEO of The Table Group, Patrick Lencioni, tackles in his seventh business book, The Three Signs of a Miserable Job (Jossey-Bass, August 2007, $24.95, Cloth).

"No one is immune to job misery -- it touches every profession imaginable from restaurant service worker, to middle manager, to NBA superstar," says Lencioni. Countless sources support this statement including a recent USA Today poll, which found that "people unhappy with their jobs is at an all time high." Lencioni, known for his ability to net-out complicated theories into actionable models, offers a practical solution

Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA - An unhappy, unproductive workforce is the subject best-selling author and CEO of The Table Group, Patrick Lencioni, tackles in his seventh business book, The Three Signs of a Miserable Job (Jossey-Bass, August 2007, $24.95, Cloth).

“No one is immune to job misery – it touches every profession imaginable from restaurant service worker, to middle manager, to NBA superstar,” says Lencioni. Countless sources support this statement including a recent USA Today poll which found that “people unhappy with their jobs is at an all time high.” Lencioni, known for his ability to net-out complicated theories into actionable models, offers a practical solution

Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA - Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced the availability of the fifth episode of BI Radio, its innovative new podcast program.

Dubbed "Perspectives on Leadership," the episode explores the different ways organizations use business intelligence and performance management software to deliver outstanding business results.

The 30-minute episode features interviews with authors Patrick Lencioni, Roland Mosimann, and Patrick Mosimann, as well as with consumer packaged goods leader Fiskars Brands.

In the show's first segment, Lencioni describes the "four obsessions" of the extraordinary executive and the role of performance management software in helping executives build a high-performing team.

In the

The Olympian - Olympia, WA, USA - Through the years, the state of Washington has, in my estimation, always strived to keep employees up to date with new work practices as they surfaced across the nation.

The Department of Personnel has specifically designed curricula and programs that provide managers with top notch training to keep them up to date with the knowledge generated in the public sector. For those of you who have been around state government for a while, you will probably remember or might even be a former Career Executive Program participant.

After that, came something called the Help Academy, which brought the legal perspective into management