Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Leadership is not an easy task, and even the best leaders are susceptible to errors in thinking that can hinder decision-making and, ultimately, organizational success. Recognizing and avoiding these pitfalls can significantly enhance leadership effectiveness. By being aware of these pitfalls, you can avoid them.

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Dunning Consensus Groupthink Charisma 52

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

Influence and conflict management capabilities help leaders to build consensus around a common purpose and deliver the collaborative solutions that the matrix requires. Just how scarce are matrix-related leadership skills ? Facilitate different types of leadership experiences.

Management 16

Management Self-aware Influence Emotional Intelligence 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Political uncertainties and the absence of strong leadership contributed to social fragmentation. This instability meant that Japan was unable to iron out a national consensus on its reform plan, or implement reforms in the long run. Both countries’ uncertainties in political leadership are also alike.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

Baruch Lev teaches accounting and finance at NYU's Stern School of Business. He's a man of strong opinions, generally backed up by lots and lots of research. Last year I got to edit his book, Winning Investors Over , and an accompanying HBR article, " How to Win Investors Over."

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Short-term Long-term Incentives Parcell 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

Earlier this week, on April 16, the US nominee Jim Yong Kim was selected over Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo. And apparently not in the fight over leadership of the World Bank. The choice of who will lead the World Bank has been made.

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Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

For example, Frank was a highly-skilled finance manager who advanced quickly early in his career based on his technical knowledge and desire for results. Talented managers often get frustrated by their pace of career advancement, sign on with a new company, and run into the same problems that were an obstacle in their prior organization.

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Career Company Consensus Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

” In finance, for example, that might mean believing — based on no evidence — that only MBA graduates from an elite university are likely to succeed at their jobs. They have to in order to communicate and to reach consensus with others who may not share the same experiences or perspectives.

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Power Management Diversity CFO 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

I still remember when Steve Jobs was featured in business school case studies as an example of bad leadership style. Organizations that entered when VC fundings were booming were increasingly likely to fail, and those financed in a VC funding boom were unlikely to make it to an IPO.

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Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Business Incubator IPO 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

Conventional thinking has suggested that leadership positions go to those who aggressively plan their careers with a keen eye for building the right skills to reach top jobs. Note that this inclusive process is not decision-making by committee or by consensus. Others believe that leaders are born, not made.

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Open-book Career Rogers PR 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

While there is universal agreement that (1) it exists, and (2) that it plays a crucial role in shaping behavior in organizations, there is little consensus on what organizational culture actually is, never mind how it influences behavior and whether it is something leaders can change. finance vs. marketing) and units (e.g.

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Incentives Definition Pharmaceuticals System 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Use strong leadership to enable true collaboration. Yet while that kind of leadership is crucial, it’s the ability to tap the collective minds of the organization that drives the business. They have a pugnacious, single-minded determination to make their vision happen. Startups need money, too, of course.

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Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2017

This is perhaps even more the case in the world of management outside of academic medicine — whether it is finance, consulting, or technology — as the path from professional to senior executive requires more than individual success. Establishing firm and clear ground rules with mentees can improve efficiency.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2015

They need education, health care, decent wages, access to finance. Leadership, good governance, commitment to the rule of law, and an enabling environment to attract investment. Without a solid consensus over the financing and resources needed, goals remain simply wishes. We are investing.

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Consensus Finance Commitment Health Care 8

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Leadership : There are a number of ways to get in trouble here…poor leadership, no leadership, or fractionalized leadership can all be quite problematic. Good consultants build consensus and unify management focus, they do not splinter opinion. Thanks for sharing Tom.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2016

How will leadership teams and boards of directors orchestrate the strategic transformations of their currently successful businesses? The consensus is the challenges facing them will be daunting and organizations will be strained to finance and manage it. What new investments will be required?

Health Care 8

Health Care Industry Business Model Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Employee pressure can even drive significant turnover in senior leadership ranks, as happened recently at Nike , which earlier this year was sued for sexual discrimination by several former employees. The same dynamic may now complicate Google’s plans to re-enter China’s search market. At a time when the U.S.

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