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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. In recent months I have observed a decent amount of politically correct discourse on the topic of team building and equality. And as odd as it may sound, one of the greatest impediments to building productive teams is practicing management by consensus.

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Leading Those Who Don't Want To Follow | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

When you develop the skill to transform negative conflict into creative tension is when you will begin to earn and hold the respect of even those individuals who don’t agree with your positions. I have always found that rapport is quickly developed when you listen, care, and attempt to help people succeed.

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The Democracy Wave Recedes: Does this Chart Show a Developing Bear Market for Liberal Democracy?

Coaching Tip

This updated chart of the total number of liberal democracies is from Robert Prechter''s book, The Wave Principle of Human Social Behavior , which observed that bull markets "tend to lead to political freedom, while retrenchments lead to political repression.". Socionomists are ahead of trends because we know their cause.

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Visa Restrictions Will Worsen The Post-Covid Recession

The Horizons Tracker

At the start of this year I wrote about a recently published paper from Harvard Business School bemoaning the strangling effect of the American political system on economic growth and prosperity. Despite the consensus that change is required, however, the lack of political cooperation on the matter results in little real progress being made.

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Twitter Weekly Highlights for 2011-05-13

Tanveer Naseer

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!

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Workplace Democracy – A Genie in A Bottle | You're Not the Boss of Me

You're Not the Boss of Me

However, the theory is that many companies who take the time to reach decisions through voting and consensus are better positioned to carry out a decision quickly having gained commitment from everyone involved. American politics) are (again, imho) far from perfect. Reply Susan Mazza May 12, 2010 at 6:20 pm Thought provoking Gwyn.

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The Changing Role of Global Leaders

Harvard Business Review

In November 2010, to big fanfare at Unilever's London headquarters, chief executive Paul Polman boldly articulated a new strategy. A generation ago, the prevailing attitude was that it was the role of political leaders to address the big societal issues of the day, and definitely not the role of business leaders.