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.”. Here is one example from a leader. Which might yours be?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Companies that invest in board development programs equip their directors with the knowledge and skills necessary to excel, creating an environment where clear expectations, ethical guidelines, and open communication channels unite board members under a shared purpose.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 13, 2012

Without diversity groupthink sets in. Leadership. Everyone needs to be working from the same script, clearly understanding roles and responsibilities, and they need to have the same understanding of what success looks like. Diverse Group. Diversity is the power behind collaboration.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Practical Advice to Deal with a Blind Spot and Make it Work For You How do you become aware of a blind spot in your leadership? Construct a Balanced Team Ensure you have a mix of at least four different types to cover various approaches to leadership and problem-solving. After all, that’s the point of a blind spot, right?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

In today’s dynamic business landscape, the significance of gender diversity within corporate boards and leadership echelons has rightfully garnered widespread acclaim. The Way Forward: Harnessing the Power of Diversity The inclusion of women in boardrooms and leadership roles isn’t just beneficial— it’s transformative.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

It takes time to develop trust, learn to collaborate, and understand each other’s thinking styles and behavior patterns. They use an effective leadership style to direct, engage, and empower team members. That can result in groupthink. Teams, like personal relationships, go through stages. Speak up.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 8, 2013

It’s natural to gravitate toward, and develop bonds with, people who look like, talk like, and think like we do. In addition to the well-known dangers of groupthink, when leaders exclude Others , they also exclude the varied perspectives and ideas that could help the leaders make better and more imaginative decisions.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Recently, the significance of gender diversity in corporate boardrooms and leadership has gained widespread recognition. The impact of women’s presence in boardrooms and leadership positions is difficult to measure accurately as it requires considerable time to determine the real outcomes.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 20, 2019

Not only does this foster groupthink, but it most often creates a toxic us versus them mentality “often leading to the demonization of the ‘other’ and contributing to discrimination and sometimes violence.” “The more often we her something, the more familiar it becomes, and familiarity breeds trust.” We Want to Belong.

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Mike Cardus

JULY 26, 2020

Soon the organization loses trust in leadership. Groupthink: over time, people working together will tend to think the same way, believe the same conclusions and results. Re-checking the information, using different personnel is necessary to avoid stuckness-thinking and groupthink. This group mindset leads to stuck thinking.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2016

10 things to do to keep “post-truth” from crippling your leadership. Effective leadership is an oscillating mix of head and heart: managing both facts and feelings as well as logic and emotion. Discourage groupthink and don’t shoot the messenger. 2) Manage paradoxes. Diversity creates dissent, and you need that. easy to do.

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Leading Blog

MAY 8, 2019

The goal of consensus leads to “groupthink” and inferior decisions. That to create effective teams, you need to understand and pay attention to these human values. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *. Lead Based on First Principles.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2017

How Would You Answer This Question About Your Leadership? How Will Leadership Change in the Cognitive Era? The Ten Behaviors of Strong Personal Leadership by Scott Eblin @EblinGroup. 2 Self-Leadership Hacks for Positivity by @AlanDUtley. The Secret Ingredient for Extraordinary Leadership by Jane Perdue @thehrgoddess.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 10, 2017

Groupthink : the psychological phenomenon for alignment that occurs within a group of people because of the desire for, and/or pressure to, have harmony or conformity. Anchoring : the tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information offered when making decisions.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 7, 2014

Make employees feel more included at work, says Catalyst’s new global report, Inclusive Leadership: The View From Six Countries , which surveyed over 1,500 employees from Australia, China (Shanghai), Germany, India, Mexico and the United States. Awakened Leadership through Personal Coaching. . Inclusive leaders are humble.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Developing Original Ideas. Dealing with Groupthink. Cohesion in a group doesn’t cause groupthink. Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *. We often undercommunicate our ideas because we are so familiar with them that we think there is no need to repeat them.

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CO2

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In today’s fast-paced business environment, developing high-performing team s isn’t just an advantage — it’s essential. As the dynamics of work evolve, so must our leadership strategies. At CO2 Coaching, we work with leaders to help them understand and develop this balance. This has been a game-changer for many of our clients.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

That being your motivation, how do you step in the opposite direction—away from peer pressure, business norms, groupthink, and the power of conformity—to share a perspective that’s contrary to both expected and rewarded workplace behavior?

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

MAY 24, 2022

How to Have a Fresh Perspective Protect Yourself from Bad Information How to Give Feedback GroupThink: What Makes You Think Other Know Better? Additional Reading: Did You Know that Dogs Can Fly? How Do You React to Negative Feedback? If you like this article, subscribe to our blog so that you don’t miss a single post.

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Experience to Lead

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

By taking a deep breath, stepping back and consulting a checklist before making major decisions, leaders can incorporate the principle of pause and reflect into their day-to-day leadership practices. The future of leadership belongs to those who can navigate uncertainty with a sharp mind and a steady hand.

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 25, 2019

Once you chose an action, we will debate the merits of the work and fail to recognize alternative options that may be better or worse; framing the process of synthesis as one of curiosity – wander through ideas; also, using groupthink for progress, mixed with breaking these teams up and challenging the ideas in new mixed teams.

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Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Scroll for more Shortcut to start of content The public expects institutions and big businesses to show high standards of leadership and management. We’ve seen toxic cultures allowed to flourish in large and high-profile organisations, erratic leadership behaviours, groupthink and boardrooms struggling to maintain control.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 30, 2023

What is even better than a really good book about leadership? Since the first edition's publishing, Ibarra explains that the world has changed and so must one's leadership skills and style. Since the first edition's publishing, Ibarra explains that the world has changed and so must one's leadership skills and style.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Contrary to popular opinion, Ibarra argues that you have to act your way into a new type of leadership thinking instead of thinking your way into it. And to do this, you need to develop and practice outsight (versus insight). Identify two people whose leadership you admire and start watching them closely.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2012

In articles in both the New York Times and The New Yorker earlier this year, the concept of brainstorming as introduced in the 1940's by Alex Osborn has been attacked as ineffective and linked to the concept of " Groupthink.". Suffice it to say, we dislike consensus-based "Groupthink" as much as the next person. Here's our advice: 1.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 7, 2015

Contrary to popular opinion, Ibarra argues that you have to act your way into a new type of leadership thinking instead of thinking your way into it. And to do this, you need to develop and practice outsight (versus insight). Identify two people whose leadership you admire and start watching them closely.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Welcome to the July 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Development. You may have a leadership dysfunction problem.

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Chartered Management Institute

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Towards Flexibility and Productivity ; ran a panel event, Shaping the Future of Apprenticeships ; and hosted a skills roundtable in Huddersfield, where West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin acknowledged the value of apprenticeships for career development. We recently published our report on the Apprenticeship Levy 2.0, That work continues.

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The Idolbuster

JANUARY 15, 2013

After a few experiments, they pronounced it ready to ship to customers, and did not need to go through a formal development process. Product development is always needed to make a new technology robust enough to work consistently in customer hands. I cringed when I heard the story.

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Chartered Management Institute

JUNE 5, 2024

Start with authenticity “For me,” Catherine adds, “it’s important that those in positions of leadership can be their authentic selves. Matt founded the Pride in Leadership network , which helps to connect LGBTQIA+ leaders to each other and improves the visibility of role models for future leaders. It’s about being yourself.”

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

And new models of leadership are emerging from some unlikely places. They developed a new model that enabled the military to use its size — and its extended network of relationships — as an advantage rather than an impediment. Conformity creates groupthink, stifling innovation and organizational resilience.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2018

For example, Amazon encourages disagreements to avoid groupthink and leverage the benefits of cognitive diversity. Instead, celebrate critical thinking, curiosity, and the deeper desire to question things.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Leaders of color who have developed young talent are 30% more satisfied with their career progress than those who haven’t built that base of support. The more diverse your team, the more likely you’ll have the toolkits necessary to solve the challenges outside your experience — and the less prone you’ll be to the perils of groupthink.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

These are questions that require you to challenge groupthink, conventional wisdom, and your own biases. For example, you can make more money but will have less free time; you can fix the bottom line but will have to lay off workers; you can liberate a country but will cause damage and death.

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QAspire

APRIL 8, 2013

Great Quotes Improvement & Development In 100 Words Leadership Managing Career Self Growth conformance conformity Differentiation groupthink' Interesting Stuff: There is a new magazine on personal branding titled “ Me Inc. ”

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2015

Companies were split into divisions, each with their own leadership. Frank and honest leadership is usually enough. Holacracy, inspired by Agile software development , is optimized for adaptation, making these types of adjustments as a matter of course. These days, every enterprise needs to develop a culture of change.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

In addition, shareholders don’t necessarily want directors and management to speak “with one voice” (another commonly cited reason for assigning shareholder engagement to the CEO) and value diversity of views that may suggest a board is looking at important matters holistically and has not succumbed to groupthink.

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