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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Where Dan lost me was on point #4 – Teams Decide by Consensus. And as odd as it may sound, one of the greatest impediments to building productive teams is practicing management by consensus. In recent months I have observed a decent amount of politically correct discourse on the topic of team building and equality.

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The 3 Must-Dos of Great Leadership

Terry Starbucker

We’ve learned that while there are many paths to greatness, in the end, there is a consensus on several must-dos that every leader has to keep in the forefront of their minds (or pinned on their bulletin board, or better yet, both). And what have we learned? It’s not a pretty picture. What does it take to be a great leader?

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What the Research Shows on What Employees Want When They Return to the Office

Lead Change Blog

Unfortunately, it’s too easy to make false assumptions about the desires of others due to a dangerous judgment error termed the false consensus effect. The false consensus effect is one of over 100 misleading mental patterns that researchers in behavioral economics and cognitive neuroscience call cognitive biases. Survey Says….

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The 7 Failures That Will Make You a Better Leader

Terry Starbucker

That was a famous quote from George Bernard Shaw, and it has always stuck with me throughout my career as a leader and executive. Failure to Decide – If the buck is going to stop with us, then we need the courage to make timely decisions, regardless of consensus or the lack of 100% of the information needed to make them.

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First Look: Leadership Books for September 2020

Leading Blog

In writing The Grit Factor , Polson made it her mission to connect with an elite pack of tough, impressive female iconoclasts who shared with her their candid stories of combat and career. On the most fundamental level, leaders must bring divergent groups together and forge a consensus on a path forward. But what makes that possible?

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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2024

Leading Blog

Supercommunicators : How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection by Charles Duhigg Come inside a jury room as one juror leads a starkly divided room to consensus. Uncommon Greatness is the key many leaders have been searching for their entire career. Join a young CIA officer as he recruits a reluctant foreign agent.

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How to encourage healthy conflict

Persuasive Powerhouse

It wasn’t always that way for me; early in my career I viewed conflict as a negative thing. If the team will make final decisions about the things that are in conflict together, decide how it will be made: by majority vote, consensus, by the team leader or some other way? Make sure everyone agrees to decision methodology.

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