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Personality Tests Can Help Balance a Team

Harvard Business Review

Others, perhaps driven by their own narcissism, pick people who are like them, which kills diversity and breeds groupthink. A well-known example is the disintegration of the French national football team at the 2010 World Cup. Alternatively, they just assemble the smartest folks they can find.

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Simple Online Tools to Make Hiring Easier

Harvard Business Review

An extensively cited 2010 study found that 42% of hires happened at companies that didn’t report a vacancy. To avoid the groupthink trap, set the vote cell font color to white, thus obscuring the votes from other team members. No wonder so many managers choose to avoid advertizing openings.

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Three Times You Have to Speak Up

Harvard Business Review

It happened during the Kennedy Administration's Bay of Pigs fiasco when " groupthink " carried the day. Her book, The New How , discussing collaborative ways to have your whole company strategize, was published in 2010. Nilofer Merchant is a corporate advisor and speaker on innovation methods. Follow her on Twitter @nilofer.

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