Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Doing something doesn’t mean you aren’t thinking, but the brain operates much more automatically. They suppress dissent and push for consensus. Build consensus” or “Get everyone on the same page” is another way of saying, “I’m right, and you need to change your thinking.”. It keeps the company relevant and solvent.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The matrixed teams help companies maintain normal operations while focusing cross-functional departmental resources on big or complex projects. Or, there’s a strong desire to reach a consensus, and every decision requires hours of stakeholdering and escalation. Are Matrix Organizations a Good Idea?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2020

A S a McKinsey & Company article stated in late March 2020: “What leaders need during a crisis is not a predefined response plan but behaviors and mindsets that will prevent them from overreacting to yesterday’s developments and help them look ahead.”. The Transpersonal Touchstone Explored. Here is one example from a leader.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 17, 2021

The results reveal a clear divide between policymakers, who typically aligned around specific priorities, and the private sector, where no such consensus emerged. “As Among policymakers, there was a general agreement around the most important ethical principles for the appropriate development of AI-based applications.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 14, 2018

Maintaining our social infrastructure also requires know-how, because we must develop ground rules that make our social practices sustainable. Beginning with Lawrence Kohlberg, developmental psychologists have discovered that ethical competence tends to develop in stages that parallel social and cognitive development.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2013

If committed leaders can consistently achieve consensus, they will move the alliance forward. Finding consensus is an art form that alliance leaders must master.” The three crucial parts of a charter are: the Purpose section, the Principles section, and the Operating Procedures. Collaborations are not easy. Teamwork'

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 14, 2019

I N AN IBM global survey of CEOs, the overwhelming consensus was that more than rigor, management discipline, integrity or even vision, successfully navigating an increasing complex world will require creativity. In a world where we must adapt or die, we need creative solutions. And there seems to be a stigma surrounding creative types.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

The problem was, Amida was making consultative decisions ( listening to each argument, then making the decision herself ) while the team thought they were making consensus decisions. She had always prided herself on listening carefully to the evidence provided before making a decision. Team Results.

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Skip Prichard

APRIL 19, 2021

What are some of the major mistakes people make when developing a vision? How do aspiring leaders develop this leadership skill? At the same time, effective development demands well-planned everyday effort and a means of assessing progress. The biggest problem is that vision cannot be created through consensus.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Determine whether the overall approach will be one of seeking consensus among the group’s members or relying on the expertise of those charged with each element. Make sure everyone on the team understands their level of autonomy and how decisions at every level will be made. What are we not doing so well? Verify expectations. Ask your team.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 26, 2018

You need them to operate as a great team, not functionaries. Operational boards are more valuable than governance boards. To help you develop. Your board should spend meaningful time with your team outside of the boardroom so they develop an appreciation of the tough tradeoffs you are making.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 6, 2014

A good leader builds consensus and inspires his team to new heights. After 35 years of research in to the key performance indicators of leadership success a new tool has been developed to allow employees to quickly and easily identify BossHole behavior. A good leader leads from in front a BossHole drives from behind.

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Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

In today’s world, you have to rely on consensus and shared ownership rather than any individual point of view—even your own. In business, as in life, we often have to operate in a fog of uncertainty. Leadership is all about humility. Moving too fast. Needing to know everything. N A T I O N A L B E S T S E L L E R. The Leadership Gap.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 21, 2012

Every successful business has, at its heart, a theory of the business—an underlying set of supporting objectives and a corporate philosophy that gives people a foundation on which to operate. We cannot achieve and maintain alignment without consensus and conviction about The Main Thing. The Main Thing is critically important.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 23, 2014

These individuals probably have some history of working together but they also operate with the same obstructed viewpoint. Coming to a consensus around vision and direction can be time intensive simply because people who don’t interact are likely speaking to each other for the very first time, and frankly don’t trust each other.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 27, 2018

The ability to meet challenges with a willingness to depart from standard operating procedures; to confront anxiety, tolerate criticism, take intelligent risks, and refute conventional wisdom—especially one’s own views—in order to achieve breakthroughs” is what Jonah Sachs calls unsafe thinking. W E ALL GET STUCK IN RUTS. Thinking ruts.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 29, 2021

The applications that the tech world has developed have been a mainstay in the work from home atmosphere. The consensus seems to be that it is alright. Once done, employees can more easily thrive in a workplace with core values of workplace strength and support. Collaborate and Listen.

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leaderCommunicator

JUNE 3, 2014

Flip charts and sticky notes flow, ideas get jotted down, and ultimately you arrive at a consensus -- the path forward. The cloud-based tool was developed by Codigital , a U.K.-based operations out of Denver. While such planning sessions can be great exercises for employee teams, they have clear limitations.

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Are there areas where I can help other people grow and develop, and give myself more time to focus on strategy and long-term planning?” For example, for several of my C-level clients, team management has emerged as an area where letting go can both free up executive time and help develop direct reports.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 27, 2020

No matter whether your organization saw a boom in business, a need to shift how you operate or was halted altogether, some of the approaches we take as leaders will have to be the same because we are leading people through the same event. All of us have been impacted in some form or fashion. Every Return is Different.

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Marshall Goldsmith

APRIL 28, 2014

Are there areas where I can help other people grow and develop, and give myself more time to focus on strategy and long-term planning?” For example, for several of my C-level clients, team management has emerged as an area where letting go can both free up executive time and help develop direct reports.

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The Empowered Buisness

APRIL 6, 2014

Consensus: Your team, industry peers, the media, etc. They buy into the same reason. “ Of course, the economy is to blame.” Consensus grows and resignation becomes contagious within your company and industry. That’s not to negate that economic downturns exist and can impact how a company operates and grows. This meme ….

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The Empowered Buisness

JUNE 16, 2015

Even though I did strategy development for billion dollar corporations in the early days of my business 30 years ago, I had no idea that there were 3 different approaches to strategic planning. One of the biggest challenges organizations face is making the commitment to develop a well thought out strategic plan. Peter Green.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Now, only a few months until the election, the question is what has changed if anything?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best? 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.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

Leaders build the Vision bridge by developing and communicating a mission, set of values, and reputation that connect with employees. Leaders build the Voice bridge by developing processes and practices that keep employees “in the loop” and give them regular opportunities to express their views. Connecting the U.S.

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Deming Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2017

The project had been operational for a few months when I joined so the foundation had already been poured. At one point, I suggested that we revisit our project governance – the operational guide, how it was implemented, and whether the team followed it – but this was a mature team and the general consensus was that everyone knew what to do.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

This will be centered upon skill(s) based development and co-creation of a shared structure for discussions at a leadership level. Leadership team will solve a problem, develop an action plan & plan the step to a solution that is applicable to the organization at the time of our meeting.

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 8, 2015

Prior to the 1970s, the consensus among scientists was that the human brain was relatively fixed—or hardwired—after a critical point in early childhood. Most forms of brain damage and mind-sets were seen as irreversible, and the attitude was nearly apathetic. Nick has dealt with adversity his entire life.

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 8, 2015

Prior to the 1970s, the consensus among scientists was that the human brain was relatively fixed—or hardwired—after a critical point in early childhood. Most forms of brain damage and mind-sets were seen as irreversible, and the attitude was nearly apathetic. Nick has dealt with adversity his entire life.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Business development. This industrial development program carried the theme, “You Can Believe/Puede Creer.” Economic development and community stewardship programs emerged. The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

The process by which a network of nodes confirms the record of previously verified transactions, and by which it verifies new transactions, is known as a consensus protocol. by solving the cryptographic puzzle). Security Starts with Network Architecture.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2016

During a meeting at a luxury retailer, the executive team decided that the company needed a digital strategy for its China operations. Was Madison tasked with forming a team that should develop a consensus view on what the company should do in China, or was she tasked with making the decision and executing?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Medicare’s legacy payment system places a premium on controlling labor and supply expenses and eliminating wasted or low-value imaging procedures and laboratory tests as well as minimizing operating-room time, intensive-care stays, and a host of other expensive services. Use data analytics to develop a pathway to higher profitability.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

It tends to be short-term, uses familiar (traditional) metrics and development systems like Stage Gate. Incremental innovations can be managed at the operating levels where the people know the customers/consumers best and decisions can be made in a more consensus-driven way with input and agreement between all stakeholder functions.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

But collaboration is not consensus. Too often, people will try to collaborate on everything, and wind up in endless meetings, debating ideas and struggling to find consensus. Despite having a full plate of client projects, she signed up to work on a massive survey to understand the concerns of chief operating officers.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Look no further than the recent protests against the completion of the Keystone and the Dakota Access pipelines , or the opposition that stopped the development of the Cape Wind Associates’ offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound. Conflicts like these with local communities are not only divisive, they are expensive.

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