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  • The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate the Three Essential Virtues • A Leadership Fable
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The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate the Three Essential Virtues • A Leadership Fable Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Patrick Lencioni (Author), Adam Barr (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher)
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"You guys really dropped the ball on the teamwork project.”
They didn’t say anything, so Jeff continued, focusing on Bobby. “You said it wasn’t just posters and t-shirts, but what else was it?” Before they could answer, he went on. “Because you don’t seem to know what you mean when you talk about team players.”
“We didn’t say—” Clare wanted to explain, but Jeff wouldn’t let her.
“Oh wait. I forgot.” Jeff was being sarcastic, but not rude. “You do have one clear definition. A person can’t be a jackass.”
They laughed, but in a guilty sort of way.

In his classic best-selling book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni laid out a groundbreaking, new approach for attacking the dangerous group behaviors that destroy teamwork. Here, he turns his focus to the individual member of a team, revealing the three indispensable virtues that make some people better team players than others.

Lencioni’s latest fable is the story of a leader desperate to save his company by cracking the code on the virtues that define a true team player. Jeff Shanley takes over his family’s locally revered construction firm and realizes that the only way to deliver on the two biggest projects in the company’s history is to rapidly build a culture of hiring and development around those virtues. To do that, he’ll have to confront and risk losing talented employees who don’t know how to work on a team, and convince his fiery VP of operations not to lower the company’s hiring standards in the face of short-term business pressure.

Beyond the fable, Lencioni presents a powerful framework and easy-to-use tools for identifying, hiring, and developing ideal team players in any kind of organization. Whether you’re a leader striving to create a culture of teamwork, a human resources professional looking to hire real team players, or an employee wanting to make yourself an invaluable team member, The Ideal Team Player will prove to be as practical as it is compelling.

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  1. Listening Length
    4 hours and 46 minutes
  2. Author
    Patrick Lencioni
  3. Narrator
    Adam Barr
  4. Audible release date
    Jan. 28 2025
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Recorded Books
  7. ASIN
    B0CQPL75PV
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 4 hours and 46 minutes
Author Patrick Lencioni
Narrator Adam Barr
Audible.ca Release Date January 28 2025
Publisher Recorded Books
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B0CQPL75PV
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Customers find the content interesting, engaging, and useful. They describe the book as easy to read, straightforward, and easy to immediately use as a lens. Readers appreciate the simplicity of the framework, saying it delves into workplace dynamics in a clear and easily understood manner. They also find the book useful, helpful, and educational.

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27 customers mention "Content"27 positive0 negative

Customers find the book interesting, useful, and engaging. They say it provides a framework to build a successful team. Readers also mention the book is a must-read for any organizational leader.

"Loved this book. Read it for work and am really glad!!" Read more

"...Still a good book, and worth reading if you liked 5D,." Read more

"Ideal Team player is firstly an engaging read. The fable helps make sense of Lencioni's Ideal team player. The rest of the book does the rest!" Read more

"Awesome book! The story was an easy and excellent read, and the information that followed was fabulous!" Read more

10 customers mention "Readability"10 positive0 negative

Customers find the book easy to read with great insight and tangible benefit. They say the fables are easily to visualize within their imagination. Readers also say the book is fun and informative.

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"So easy to read! Down to earth, practical advice for improving teamwork...." Read more

6 customers mention "Ease of use"6 positive0 negative

Customers find the book simple and easy to apply. They say the story is easy and excellent. Readers also mention the simplicity makes it easy to immediately use as a lens in considering the organization and team.

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"...but the framework is useful and its simplicity makes it easy to immediately use as a lens in considering org and team challenges in a new light...." Read more

"Awesome book! The story was an easy and excellent read, and the information that followed was fabulous!" Read more

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6 customers mention "Teamwork"6 positive0 negative

Customers find the book provides a framework for fostering and having teamwork thrive in an organization. They say the ideal team player delves into workplace dynamics in a clear and easily understood manner. Readers also say they set up their own teams and encourage others to see the book.

"This book is ideal for anyone leading and developing a team culture in business......" Read more

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4 customers mention "Humble"4 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the simplicity of the humble, hungry, and smart framework provided by the book.

"Love the humble, smart and hungry model. Will be applying it to my future internal company hires. My second book by Lencioni." Read more

"The simplicity of the humble, hungry, and (people) smart framework provided by the ideal team player is great...." Read more

"So easy to read! Down to earth, practical advice for improving teamwork...." Read more

"Patrick really illustrates the Hungry, Humble, and Smart with this latest book. Best of the series in my opinion." Read more

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Customers find the book insightful. They say it provides a practical and real-world explanation of the 'three virtues'.

"...fairly short and the rest of the book is a more practical and real-world explanation of the 'three virtues' that make someone an ideal team player..." Read more

"...Practical. Insightful. Powerful. Highly recommend." Read more

"This book is inspiring and provides good insight for ourselves and on the team players we want to partner with." Read more

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Customers find the book useful, helpful, and straightforward. They say it provides great insight and tangible benefit.

"...Easy read with great insight and tangible benefit. I highly recommend them to any business owner or manager of people." Read more

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3 customers mention "Educational"3 positive0 negative

Customers find the book has good teaching and a great framework for fostering and having teamwork thrive in an organizational area.

"...My point being.. the book in and of itself is fine and has good teaching in it; but don’t rope God into it just because the author values humility...." Read more

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Top reviews from Canada

  • Anthny
    5.0 out of 5 stars How do you know if you have a great team member?
    Reviewed in Canada on March 13, 2025
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    Patrick Lencioni doesn’t disappoint. One of his best books.
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  • J. S. Wilson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Changing your corporate culture to embracing effective teams!
    Reviewed in Canada on April 22, 2019
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    This book has been sitting by my bedside for almost two years and on my must read list. So when I finally sat down over the Easter Weekend and read this book - followed by Lencioni’s follow-up book (written 14 years later I believe) I was blown away!

    I strongly recommend that you read “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable“ and the follow-up book “The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues” one after the other.

    Patrick Lencioni’s fables are fabulously crafted and help to bring the reader directly into the mindset of two leaders facing conundrums - how do I turn a company’s culture around to recognize the power of effective teams.

    The fables are easily to visualize within your imagination., and you will likely find many of Patrick’s characters familiar from your own career!

    Patrick’s first book highlights why teams often fail - and then shows how through strong but loving leadership Kathryn, the CEO starts to move her executive team into one powerful unit. All team members are absolutely focused on a common goal; with no time for “look at me - I am more important” or “my project is more important than your project” egos; and where team members hold each other accountable for meeting their stated responsibilities, function and outcomes.

    The second book’s fable follows Jeff, a character from the first book, as he finds himself suddenly thrust into the CEO’s role - and with his HR and Operations manager through trial and error (and some excellent background research) discover the three key traits that each team member MUST have.

    Both books show the important impact that each person must play in effecting the change necessary to turn their part of a company or organization into a team-based group.

    Leaders must show the same three traits as their team members; and walk the talk through: encouraging the growth of each of the three traits in their direct reports; hiring individual who show the three traits; and making it extremely uncomfortable for individuals on the team who aren’t prepared to change their weaknesses.

    I hope that you read these two books together and that you find them as fun and informative as I did.

    Best wishes to all of you who want to help lead your teams effectively or work in an organization where these traits are embraced!
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  • Michael Chow
    4.0 out of 5 stars very good qualitative read
    Reviewed in Canada on September 6, 2023
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    Love the humble, smart and hungry model. Will be applying it to my future internal company hires. My second book by Lencioni.
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  • Luki D
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great framework for fostering and having teamwork thrive in an organization
    Reviewed in Canada on May 6, 2019
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    The simplicity of the humble, hungry, and (people) smart framework provided by the ideal team player is great. I love the story telling aspect at the start of the book which made it a super easy read.

    I’m probably going to pick up the Five Dysfunctions of a team later on to learn the other side of the coin!
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  • Dany
    5.0 out of 5 stars 𳦴dzԻé
    Reviewed in Canada on April 18, 2024
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    Très apprécié
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  • Alcide DeGagne
    5.0 out of 5 stars Character makes a difference
    Reviewed in Canada on July 8, 2021
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    The Ideal Team Player delves into workplace dynamics in a clear and easily understood manner. Understanding those dynamics is critical to successful work at the individual level, team level and at the corporate level it probably the largest contributor to achieving above average performance. This book is for anyone seeking to master how to choose team members who have the self-awareness of their own behaviours and that of work colleagues. In my mind, going beyond the necessary technical skills and seek character traits that raise the probability of success, is the ultimate test of effective leaders. This may well be Patrick Lencioni's best book!
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  • Jane Watson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Deceptively simple framework that clarifies thinking
    Reviewed in Canada on July 5, 2016
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    I usually hate anything involving a 'fable' like the one that ITP opens with, but thankfully it's fairly short and the rest of the book is a more practical and real-world explanation of the 'three virtues' that make someone an ideal team player (humble, hungry, and smart). It might sound like an obvious and simple way of thinking about hiring, team dynamics, and org culture, particularly for people who have done work in this area for some time; but the framework is useful and its simplicity makes it easy to immediately use as a lens in considering org and team challenges in a new light. As an addition to one's toolkit when understanding, diagnosing, and attempting to solve these challenges, I think this is worth the relatively low investment of time (this is a fast read).
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  • Kevin
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, but not five dysfunctions good
    Reviewed in Canada on February 23, 2019
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    I enjoyed this book. I found it to be an easy read like Five Dysfunctions of a Team. It just did not feel as enlightening as I found five dysfunctions. I don;t know if that makes sense. I think it expands on what you learn in five dysfunctions, I like that it continues the story of Jeff. This book did have me looking at the people on my team more closely., and the people I hire. I would rate Five Dysfunctions at a five star, and this one at a four. Still a good book, and worth reading if you liked 5D,.
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  • Viathecross
    5.0 out of 5 stars EFFECTIVE AND SIMPLE
    Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2025
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    I believe that the principles of being a Humble, Hungry, and Smart team player results in being the IDEAL TEAM PLAYER! In the context of Church Ministry I believe that this can be a great way to establish a culture for leaders within the ministry. As the book points out at the end of the book, the ultimate example of Humble, Hungry and Smart was Christ Jesus. Humbling himself upon the cross for the sake of the lost, compelled by love for the Father Christ gave EVERYTHING to restore all of creation from the curse of sin, Christ was HUNGRY! And SMART! OPnly God knows the hearts of man, and Christ ministers to a world that he created and knows intimately and well.
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  • Cliente 鶹
    4.0 out of 5 stars Numerosi spunti
    Reviewed in Italy on March 18, 2017
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    Questo libro è scritto molto bene, partendo da una storia vera propone spunti di riflessione nella gestione e nell'essere parte di un team
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  • Bundeskanzler
    5.0 out of 5 stars Der beste Ratgeber - unterhaltsam und hilfreich
    Reviewed in Germany on January 26, 2020
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    Der Ratgeber war ein Tipp eines Freundes aus dem Management. Mittlerweile verschenke ich das Buch ebenfalls und besetze meine Stellen danach. In dem Buch sind viele spannende Tipps enthalten, die jedem Arbeitgeber, aber auch Arbeitnehmer in Verantwortung die Augen öffnen. Zudem ist das Buch dank der Praxis-Beispiele unterhaltsam zu Lesen.
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  • Flor
    5.0 out of 5 stars 🏼
    Reviewed in Mexico on March 12, 2025
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    Book club with my company, you should try it it’s great.
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  • Vijaya Bhushan Rao
    4.0 out of 5 stars Perspective !!
    Reviewed in the United Arab Emirates on July 12, 2019
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    Excellent ! More relevant to my line of work. Inspired me and released in me a Fresh perspective, outlook and new energy towards my work
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