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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 Lion on the Desk

Great Leadership By Dan

No confusion, no mixed messages, no need for consensus-building or alignment, no persuasion necessary – just a very, very smooth path from sensing to fleeing. The sensing, absorbing, thinking, and deciding functions that you just processed were extremely efficient, and so you were able to get to action right away.

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Shifting your Leadership as your Company Outgrows the Start-up Phase

Great Leadership By Dan

Leadership for the small-business owner (which usually deal with entrepreneurialism, sales, financing, and other basic management and business skills). I was fortunate enough to work at one of those companies for five years, and was responsible for the development of its leaders. Leadership for managers in big organizations.

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Leadership and Product Management

Lead on Purpose

Their success depends on their ability to build consensus and inspire the other team members to do great things. Here are the key roles that are crucial to your success as a product manager, and why they are important: Engineering/QA: The relationship with the engineering/development team is paramount for product managers.

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The Future of Cities Depends on Innovative Financing

Harvard Business Review

They are developing horizontally, not vertically, with vast areas of low sprawl reaching out for miles from Sao Paolo, Lagos, New Delhi, Guangzhou, Jakarta, and many others. As I travel to urban development conferences, I often hear people bemoan an infrastructure funding gap, but the hard truth is there is no funding gap.

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Leading Those Who Don't Want To Follow | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

When you develop the skill to transform negative conflict into creative tension is when you will begin to earn and hold the respect of even those individuals who don’t agree with your positions. I have always found that rapport is quickly developed when you listen, care, and attempt to help people succeed.

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Will Africa’s Growth Help Africa’s People?

Harvard Business Review

Part of the answer is that the vast wealth of Africa is often not being translated into development. But to achieve development, we need much more than money. They need education, health care, decent wages, access to finance. Without a solid consensus over the financing and resources needed, goals remain simply wishes.