Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 8, 2017

I’ve heard these words so frequently, in focus groups, in one-on-ones, and even behind closed doors with seasoned managers. If you want to be a great manager, build a reputation of running great meetings, and watch for an immediate improvement in who shows up and what they contribute. . Very few managers run meetings well.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Most managers (people in leadership positions) really don’t read books about leadership. Even if there was a way to find out how many managers there were in the world at any time, I’m sure that number would be way bigger than the number of leadership books sold. Most managers (and people) have no idea how they come across to others.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 16, 2014

Dye President at Trailblaze, Inc David works with leaders, managers, and supervisors who want to get more done, build teams that care, and achieve results. Leadership Development clarity consensus decision making Decisions meetings vote' The Human Resource Director objected and offered another thought on how the [.]

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

This slow, painful slide into irrelevance happens to successful products when their management succumbs to those three basic human tendencies: loss of urgency, a proud and protective attitude, and an entitlement mentality. Thoroughly focus on the next big thing. Clogged arteries. Organizations need to have an outward focus.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 27, 2021

We need the right balance between authority vs. autonomy, consensus vs. direct decision-making, and friendly vs. firm. Whether you’re new to management or a veteran leader, this webinar will give you the tools you need to lead spectacularly.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

This isn’t just about consensus—it’s about choosing behaviors that will influence your culture and outcomes. When your team knows where you’re headed, why it matters, and what behaviors will get you there, you’re not just managing projects—you’re building momentum. Step 3: Align on Two Priority Habits Now, narrow it down.

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Leadership Freak

JUNE 24, 2013

Empowerment is smoke and mirrors until management loses power. When managers and front-line employees “pretend-collaborate,” for example, the group that makes the decision has the power. Collaboration only occurs between […].

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 27, 2012

Posted in Change Management Leadership Coaching Leadership Development [link] In a LinkedIn poll we conducted 80 percent of managers said that less than 10 percent of employees’ ideas ever get implemented. The consensus [.].

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 11, 2015

Some people believe that in a collaborative environment, consensus is the best. Pushing for consensus when it’s not needed actually makes collaboration more difficult. If your office is running low on pens, the office manager can decide. There are six ways teams can make decisions. But that’s a big mistake.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

I recently asked a group of managers, “Is it more difficult for you to give or to receive?” ” The overwhelming consensus was that it’s harder to receive than to give, and most felt that they give far more than they receive. ” and “What percentage of your time is spent giving versus receiving?”

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Gradually over time, America has become overly obsessed about managing tasks. When managers invest time to develop connections with and among people they become real leaders who people want to follow. They would be wise to put processes in place to measure managers on employee engagement (i.e. What can be done?

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Product managers hold a unique position in the company: they depend on people from other groups, but they do not have managerial authority over those people (in most cases). Their success depends on their ability to build consensus and inspire the other team members to do great things.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 23, 2023

There are three common decision owners at work: a single person, a team via vote, or a team consensus. Using consensus? If you aren’t clear about who owns a decision, here are phrases to help clarify the owner and how everyone can best participate: “I’m unclear how this decision will be made. Are we voting?

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

From doctors to teachers to managers to presidents, the more experience the better. On the most fundamental level, leaders must bring divergent groups together and forge a consensus on a path forward. Our personal experience is key to who we are and what we do. We judge others by their experience and are judged by ours.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Senior managers follow, apparently slavishly, structural change, without a clear vision to underpin it. That phenomenon, first described by Jerry B Harvey in his article ‘The Abilene Paradox’, highlighted his views on consensus inertia. That issue has some typical outcomes. They seem unclear about purpose. Then act on that feedback.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 25, 2024

Maybe your manager never clarified an important process. Usually, this is going to be a vote or consensus. In consensus, everyone can live with a choice, even if it wasn’t their first option. Or do we want to go for consensus?” (And In a vote, the majority rules. For example: “Okay, this one’s our call.

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Rich Gee Group

APRIL 26, 2022

Benefits: In many instances, quick, off-the-cuff 'executive' decisions are made to solve endemic problems (upper management is notorious for doing this — they know better than you). Select (vote) one problem — this is critical - building consensus and agreement at this point will guide you forward.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 8, 2012

Building consensus, supporting staff, sharing credit, and leading [.]. Understanding when someone just has a crummy day. Understanding the pressures that other women leaders face. Organization and multitasking. Compassion. Tenderness.

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Leading Blog

JULY 9, 2012

Communication is managed as a business process. Shaffer says that while it must be managed as a business process, it spans all of the other business processes. It is a constant, interactive process aimed at creating consensus.” * * * Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *.

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Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 19, 2016

I ran into a profound message from a Google manager who wrote a simple email to his staff on Time Management. (By Now, think about how you’re managing your time. It’s been said there are two paradigms to scheduling —  the manager and the maker. The post The Perfect Message On Time Management (from a Google Manager).

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Chart Your Course

APRIL 29, 2013

Part of being a leader is managing change. said, “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus.”. Your business is adding a new time-management system, which requires employees to log their hours on specific projects. Manage perceptions. As Martin Luther King Jr.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Our clients'' resistance to change was not irrational and it was up to us, not our clients, to manage it. Implementing change today relies on building consensus rather than executive fiat. If you can''t or won''t measure results don''t expect sympathy from me or any line manager. But if it crashed the organization, heads rolled.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Just as great coaches don’t win many games without great players, great managers aren’t successful without the right people on their team. Finding, hiring, and developing great performers is the most important part of every manager’s job. Look for unanimous consensus from all the people who participated in the interviews.

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LDRLB

JUNE 28, 2013

Michael Roberto is the Trustee Professor of Management at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. In this interview, we discuss how great leaders balance consensus and conflict in making the best decisions, and how history sometimes precedes the research on great leaders. Listen below or subscribe via iTunes.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

It is rife with struggles related to managing the emerging responsibilities of adult life. If ownership or management of a family enterprise is an expectation, the pressures only mount. Y OUNG ADULTHOOD today is a challenging life stage. Family enterprise ownership requires deep commitment and responsibility. This entails: 1.

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Leading Blog

MAY 8, 2019

The best coach for any team is the manager who leads that team. Being a good coach is essential to being a good manager and leader. Coaching is no longer a specialty; you cannot be a good manager without being a good coach.”. Your Title Makes You A Manager, Your People Make You A Leader. Best Idea, Not Consensus.

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Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

Principle #6 – Consensus. The Product Management Perspective: The principles discussed above apply nicely to product management. Look for ways to lead with consistency and consensus, and your products – and the customers that use them – will reap the benefits. Learn about them and find common bonds.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Drama Management (leadership failures at the team level) Leaders who rule by bullying. Problems with dysfunctional harmony—when you want consensus too badly, you miss out on valuable debate. Being in business you have no business being in. Entrenched in efficiency: forgetting to put effectiveness first. Distracted purpose.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 6, 2013

I recently met Nitin Julka , who is passionate about product management. He reached out to see if I would be willing to give him some pointers on how to become a successful product manager. The Product Management Perspective: Product managers play a key role in the success of their products.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 26, 2017

Much of the adopted research on the field of strategic management and leadership depicts the successful leader as planner, decision maker, and instigator of structure and sustainable processes. The management of meanings is the mechanism for creating the “why” for your teams and aligning the gears of your organization.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 6, 2014

Greg Alston : “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.” - Peter Drucker This quote by one of the most respected management theorists of the last 100 years crystallizes the essence of how to determine whether someone is a good leader or not.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

A common mantra in business is that “information is power” This may encourage managers to hoard information for the benefit of their career, but research from Stanford highlights how harmful this can be. They suggest that often managers get this wrong and communicate too little, and very rarely overcommunicate.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 21, 2012

That single sentence captures the greatest challenge that executives and managers face today: keeping their people and their organizations centered on what matters most. We cannot achieve and maintain alignment without consensus and conviction about The Main Thing. "The main thing is to keep the Main Thing the main thing!"

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 14, 2014

Also compassionately remember that the people you are relying on to implement a new product, service, or management model may not have all the power you give them credit for. Implementing change today relies on building consensus rather than top down executive fiat. ” are gone.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Many of the issues we face will require collaboration at some level to solve or even manage them. If committed leaders can consistently achieve consensus, they will move the alliance forward. Finding consensus is an art form that alliance leaders must master.”

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

As the Project Manager, I had many hours of meetings with all the key players involved, and diligently forged a consensus on a proposed course of action – so we could present it to our boss with a united front. We were working on an important project, and there was a problem. A problem that demanded some out-of-the-box thinking.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This includes examining the board’s decision-making processes, such as the quality of information provided, the level of analysis and debate conducted, and the level of consensus reached. A comprehensive and systematic approach is essential to analyze the board’s effectiveness in risk management and compliance.

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