Leading Blog

MAY 8, 2019

In Trillion Dollar Coach , authors Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle, state that “ without a doubt, Bill Campbell was one of the people most integral to Google’s success. That’s how I measure success.”. The top priority of any manger is the well-being and success of her people. Best Idea, Not Consensus.

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Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Among the top symptoms productivity and effectiveness have decreased. Here is a simple but meaningful process I use in coaching remote teams to be successful and stay on track: Articulate why the team exists. Is anything getting in the way of our success? Do they foster creative thought and innovation? Ask your team.

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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. They march through the phases robotically, as if they have discovered a magic formula for innovation. The Naysayer Mindset.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 24, 2017

But as a leadership expert, it also highlights a critical function leaders need to play both to drive organizational growth, as well as to boost employee productivity. As a writer, I can certainly appreciate the irony of this statement.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

You throw away your backup plans and your push forward, no longer bogged down by the infinite ways in which we hedge our own successes.” I believe I can forecast the success of an individual leader based on the amount of time it takes for them to change direction when the outcome is objectively inevitable.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Connection, on the other hand, is a superpower that makes people smarter, happier, more productive, more resilient to cope with stress and healthier. Those of you who have followed Mulally know that he is one of the most successful leaders worldwide ( Fortune ranked him as the 3rd best leader in the world ).

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 29, 2012

I’ve come to know other organizations that encourage conflict, often as a method of coming to agreement or boosting innovation and creativity. There might be a decrease in authentic connections, triggering a negative impact to productivity with behind-the-scenes scheming or passive behaviors that slow or stop progress.

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Research from two well-respected organizations makes it clear that we have a big collective blind spot that’s dragging down productivity, innovation and economic performance. They may be successful for a short time but eventually they will fail. American leaders need to wake up and smell the coffee. Both are essential.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Consensus is a powerful tool. When CEOs set out to conquer new markets or undertake billion-dollar acquisitions, we’d hope they’d at least sought out some consensus from their trusted advisors. The problem with consensus is that it’s expensive. The problem with consensus is that it’s expensive. Success, right?

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

One key to a happy team is to create an environment where people feel free to discuss ideas openly and to disagree with each other before reaching consensus—or, at the very least, a compromise that everyone can live with. Additional Reading you might enjoy: 12 Successful Leadership Principles That Never Grow Old.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 3, 2018

We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, employee performance and engagement, personal and professional development, productivity, team building, and more. Productivity. of Burgis Successful Solutions provided The Resilient Innovation Leader.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 24, 2011

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision? A consensus decision – a decision where the leader themselves isn’t making the decision, but truly the full group comes to the decision collectively.

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Talent Anarchy 1

JULY 18, 2017

It’s certainly deadly to innovation. It causes individual members of the group to unquestioningly follow the word of the leader and it strongly discourages any disagreement with the consensus. This organization apparently found great success by using this approach. What kind of product is it? Describe it.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 15, 2024

When decision making meetings go wrong, one or more of these factors is usually in play: You don’t have the right people You don’t know who owns the decision You haven’t defined the success criteria Invest in Clarity for Energetic Decision Making that Builds Morale Missing clarity is at the heart of all three decision making morale busters.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2015

Your team will be happier and more productive as a result.” Jesse Lyn Stoner of the Seapoint Center provided Collaboration Does Not Require Consensus. Jesse summarized: “Pushing for consensus when it’s not needed actually makes collaboration more difficult. ” Follow Bruce on Twitter at @PMPHacks.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Perhaps the one that comes most naturally is the management myth: product managers rarely manage the people or processes necessary for their products’ success. To succeed you need to build consensus and exert positive influence on the teams you work with.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

According to Spaulding, success — in business and in life — is tied directly to relationships. Perhaps the most common measurement of business success is ROI — return on investment. Success, in any endeavor, requires effective relationships. — to ship successful products.

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Management Craft

JUNE 6, 2011

Here are seven ways to ensure that your staff retreat is productive and a good investment: 1. We know that creating strong relationships is critical for success. Ensure everyone participates and hold yourselves to a high standard of decision making - not just going for majority rules or a watered down meet-in-the-middle consensus.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

It is absolutely possible to build very productive relationships with even the most adversarial of individuals. By way of contrast, it is difficult to build rapport if you are driven by an agenda that the other party sees as being a threat to their success or security. The Importance Factor : Not every difference needs to be resolved.

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Brian Tracy's Leadership Success

MARCH 23, 2017

The job of the leader is to get things done by leading others to success. Using it too much or on a team that isn’t already motivated can lead to them to feeling overwhelmed or stifle innovation. This style boosts your team’s morale by allowing them to take part in reaching a consensus on decisions and goals.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

To Boost Organizational Performance, Connect with the Core Michael Lee Stallard and Jason Pankau It is essential to every organization’s long-term success that employees align their behavior with organizational goals and give their best efforts. These issues are referred to as strategic alignment and employee engagement.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2011

a Boston-based innovation management collaborative. Your organization won't innovate productively unless some underlying factors are in good shape. A compelling case for innovation. Unless people understand why innovation is necessary, it always loses to core business or the performance engine in the battle for resources.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. A more reasonable starting point might be the 1930s, when the physicist and statistician Walter Shewhart of Bell Labs began applying Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles to the improvement of products and processes. They keep customers happier. They enjoy their work more.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 13, 2011

ScottEblin has some tips on what to do [link] # communication # Interesting model by @ RedBaronUSA on how to build team consensus in organizations [link] # Check out @ mikemyatt ‘s take on the importance of valuing those white spaces in # leadership [link] # Thanks Paul! link] # Thanks Sabyasachi! Glad to hear it.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Killing products isn’t easy. Engineers and managers toil for months, often years, to conceive, develop, and launch new products. In our five-year study of global handset makers , we found that most firms pull products when they turn out to be obvious disasters such as the Note 7. Know the big picture.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

On the other hand, the consensus was strong among market observers that Apple should not be concerned at all and that it should keep on doing exactly what it's doing — making more powerful tablets. It is exactly this brand of thinking that is dead wrong when it comes to new product development and competitive strategy.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Averaged the numbers to create group consensus. Now we just continue to build upon you success!” Following that meeting the leadership team has created some amazing results of increasing retention of talented staff members, increasing the productivity (through partnered quality projects) of several departments.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The more I learn about the results from crowdsourcing and open innovation efforts, the more I believe that the smart strategy is to expose your problems and challenges to as many people as possible and let them show you what they can do. Here's my most recent example of the power of this approach. They needn't have worried.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

How much does your company need to invest in innovation? The other, if you separate success from share price, is simply to assert a memorable number, such as doubling revenues over a five-year period. If the probability that each of those four areas work out as planned is, individually, 80%, the overall chances of success are just 40%.

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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. This can result in poor decision-making and a lack of innovative thinking. Research shows the most common cognitive biases and fallacies affecting leaders.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 5, 2017

Through a decade of innovation-training work with global leaders (and in researching my new book, Why Simple Wins ), I’ve identified the unique mindset possessed by leaders who succeed in simplification. Customers shopping for a single product—ketchup, for example—were faced with dozens of brands, flavors, and types.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

The congealing critical consensus is that Johnson's bold overhaul of the sagging American retailing icon went too far too fast. She's outlined a long-term recovery strategy but the congealing critical consensus is that she's simply not moving fast enough. Pity Meg Whitman. Lafley's "game-changing" stewardship.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

I know it is some kind of lunch product, but what does it have to do with our discussion?" This "common language" barrier is one of the hidden challenges that can inhibit innovation inside large companies. Innovation categories (e.g., Then it dawned on me. You don't know what baloney means, do you?" Piyush responded.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

.” A 10-year McKinsey study on flow found that top executives are up to 500% more productive when they’re in a state of flow. The Modern Organization Sabotages Productivity. Unnecessary consensus-seeking for reversible, non-consequential decisions. How to Foster a Shorter, More Productive Workday.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Once a team has reached, or appears to have reached, a consensus, it can be very hard for any individual to challenge the group’s interpretation of reality or predictions about the future — or to push back on what the group plans to do (or not do) — without running the risk of being perceived as a heretic or becoming a scapegoat.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2014

When Dan Akerson became CEO in 2010, he brought a bit of daylight into the hallowed halls, breaking down siloes to urge collaboration between departments that had long stopped talking to each other — engineering and parts buyers, product development and purchasing, to name some especially critical relationships. They play well as a team.

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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. This can result in poor decision-making and a lack of innovative thinking. Research shows the most common cognitive biases and fallacies affecting leaders.

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