The Four Disciplines Model An organization doesn't become healthy in a linear, tidy fashion. Like building a strong marriage or family, it's a messy process that involves doing a few things at once, and it must be maintained on an ongoing basis in order to be preserved. Still, that messy process can be broken down into four simple disciplines. DISCIPLINE 1: BUILD A COHESIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM An organization simply cannot be healthy if the people who are char- tered with running it are not behaviorally cohesive in five fundamental ways. In any kind of organization, from a corporation to a department