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Consensus Poisons Dynamic Options

Leadership Freak

A camel is a horse designed by consensus. Consensus distills dynamic options into dull decisions. Consensus empowers obstructionists. Never make decisions until theres disagreement. Complex situations have many solutions. People arent thinking when everyone agrees. You havent found the best decision when everyone agrees.

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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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Leading Thoughts for November 7, 2024

Leading Blog

Warren Bennis on consensus decision-making: “Emphasis on harmony does not serve organizations particularly well. Find more ideas on the LeadingThoughts index. * * * Follow us on Instagram and X for additional leadership and personal development ideas. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I.

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5 Compelling Reasons Leader Development is a Strategic Priority

Leading in Context

While sometimes people disagree about implementation, there is a strong consensus among scholars and research organizations that today’s leadership requires broad, high level, inclusive thinking. Expectations of “good leadership” are increasing and leaders and organizations are scrambling to keep up.

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Why You Need the Venture Mindset

Leading Blog

VCs rely on their pattern recognition skills, developed through numerous meetings with entrepreneurs and hundreds of hours spent flipping through pitch decks and industry studies and connecting the dots in the vague universe of startup facts and outcomes. Agree to Disagree Be wary of consensus. What is the way out of this idea?

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A Meeting Leadership Secret That Will Save You Time and Frustration

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Chaos It was a mess. Leadership Development clarity consensus decision making Decisions meetings vote' The World Wide Widgets leadership team had gathered to decide how to use surplus funds. The Human Resource Director objected and offered another thought on how the [.]

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Surviving the 9 Traps of Winning

Leading Blog

What is important is to develop a culture that constantly asks the questions: Where do we go from here with what is working? Its characteristics are slow, consensus-oriented decision making, comfort, ambiguity, casualness, confidence, and lack of aggressive behavior in general. At the same time, focus on what is working well.

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