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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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What the Research Shows on What Employees Want When They Return to the Office

Lead Change Blog

Unfortunately, it’s too easy to make false assumptions about the desires of others due to a dangerous judgment error termed the false consensus effect. The false consensus effect is one of over 100 misleading mental patterns that researchers in behavioral economics and cognitive neuroscience call cognitive biases. Survey Says….

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How to Navigate Unclear Expectations and Fuzzy Norms at Work

Let's Grow Leaders

As norms shift, technology changes, and social standards develop, you and your team can resolve these ambiguous norms and unclear expectations with a conversation. 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. In a vote, the majority rules.

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Socrates on Communication

Leading Blog

A proponent of open dialogue, Socrates would undoubtedly encourage face-to-face communication as the best way to build community, consensus, and trust. While technology has increased the speed and frequency of our communication, it is no substitute for face-to-face communication to convey meaning.

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First Look: Leadership Books for September 2020

Leading Blog

To stay relevant, we have to be able to excel cognitively, behaviorally, and emotionally in ways that technology can't. On the most fundamental level, leaders must bring divergent groups together and forge a consensus on a path forward. The Digital Age will raise the question of how we humans will stay relevant in the workplace.

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How The More Human Leader Can Demand Excellence – And Get It

Terry Starbucker

” In it, the authors Melissa Korn and Rachel Feintzeig write: At a time when the default mode of the workplace is one of cooperation and consensus, being a hard-edged leader is riskier than it used to be, according to executives and people who study leadership. As a C.E.O.,

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5 Leadership Lessons: Tim Elmore’s Generation iY

Leading Blog

Their world has been defined by technology and shaped by the Internet— iPod, iBook, iPhone, iChat, iMovie, iPad, and iTunes—and for many of them, life is pretty much about "I," says Tim Elmore in Generation iY. Or will they be individuals who can think and act on their own without consensus from others?