Das Motiv: Der einzige gute Grund für Führungsarbeit - eine Leadership-Fabel

Shay was still angry, but he shrugged as if to say it was okay. "And what am I wrong about?" he asked.

"You probably won't want to hear this, but I have to tell you anyway." Liam paused briefly before continuing. "You may be working yourself to the bone here, but you're not doing it for the company."

"What the hell does that mean?" Shay wanted to know.

Although he feared that his counterpart might become aggressive, Liam replied, "You're doing all of this just for yourself."

Bestselling author Patrick Lencioni has written a dozen books focusing on how leaders can build teams and leadership organizations. In "The Motive," he shifts his attention to helping them understand the importance of the motivation behind why they are in a leadership role at all.

In perhaps his most compelling fable yet, Lencioni introduces two new characters: Shay Davis and Liam Alcott, competing CEOs of two very different companies in the same industry. Shay Davis is the CEO of Golden Gate Security, who, after just one year in his role, is worried about his job and desperately wants to figure out how to get things under control. He receives some hard-to-swallow advice from the most unlikely and unwelcome source—Liam Alcott, CEO of a more successful security company and his most hated rival.

Lencioni takes us on a journey through unexpected twists and crisp dialogue that culminates in a solution that is both surprising and enlightening. Beyond the fictional story, he offers a straightforward summary of the lessons from the fable and combines a clear explanation of his theory with practical advice to help leaders examine their true motivation for leading.