Specialist in consultanta in management si expert in dezvoltarea echipelor executive, este autorul mai multor carti de afaceri in care isi expune teoriile privind managementul afacerilor. El este unul dintre fondatorii The Table Group. Pasiunea lui Lencioni pentru organizatii si echipe se reflecta in scrierile sale, in discursurile sale si in consultanta pentru directori. A scris peste o duzina de carti care s-au vandut in peste 8 milioane de exemplare si au fost traduse in peste 30 de limbi. Lucrarile sale au aparut in Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Bloomberg Businessweek si USA Today.

Inainte de a infiinta The Table Group, Lencioni a facut parte din echipa executiva a Sybase, Inc. Si-a inceput cariera la Bain & Company, iar mai tarziu a lucrat la Oracle Corporation. De asemenea, el ofera rezumate ale sugestiilor sale pentru schimbarea stilului de management si consolidarea carierei. Dupa doisprezece ani de aparitie, cartea sa The Five Dysfunctions of a Team ramane o prezenta fixa pe listele nationale de best-selleruri. The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business a devenit imediat un bestseller national. Principiile sale au fost imbratisate de lideri din intreaga lume si adoptate de organizatii de aproape orice fel, inclusiv corporatii multinationale, intreprinderi antreprenoriale, echipe sportive profesioniste, armata, organizatii non-profit, scoli si biserici.

Pat se adreseaza in fiecare an miilor de lideri in cadrul unor organizatii de talie mondiala si conferinte nationale. Fiind in mod constant cel mai bine cotat vorbitor principal la evenimente importante, Pat isi impartaseste cunostintele si isi inspira audienta prin accesibilitatea, umorul si povestirea de povesti. Lencioni locuieste in San Francisco Bay Area impreuna cu sotia sa si cei patru fii ai lor.

Lucrari: The Five Temptations of a CEO: A Leadership Fable. Jossey-Bass 1998; The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: A Leadership Fable 2000; The Five Dysfunctions of A Team 2002; Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable...About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business 2004; Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators (2005); Silos, Politics and Turf Wars: A Leadership Fable About Destroying the Barriers That Turn Colleagues Into Competitors (2006); The Truth About Employee Engagement: A Fable About Addressing the Three Root Causes of Job Misery/titlu original: The Three Signs of a Miserable Job: A fable for managers and their employees (2007); Big Questions for a Frantic Family: A Leadership Fable... About Restoring Sanity To The Most Important Organization In Your Life 2008; Getting Naked: A Business Fable About Shedding The Three Fears That Sabotage Client Loyalty (2010); The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business (2012); The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues (2016); The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities (2020); The 6 Types of Working Genius (2022).