Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Done intentionally and constructively, not self-destructively, giving your actions one last loving look before moving forward is a good thing—for you, your colleagues, company, community, and workplace culture. An important aspect of leadership is to turn around and see who is following you. Go ahead—second guess yourself.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

In trying to sell investors on his company Babble, Rufus Griscom described the hurdles he faced in his own business. When I led with the factors that could kill the company, the response from the board was the exact opposite: oh, these things aren’t so bad.” Dealing with Groupthink. Cohesion in a group doesn’t cause groupthink.

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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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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. Doing things -- rather than simply thinking about them -- will increase your outsight on what leadership is all about," explains Ibarra. What do they do especially well?

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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. Doing things -- rather than simply thinking about them -- will increase your outsight on what leadership is all about," explains Ibarra. What do they do especially well?

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Groupthink Learning-by-Doing Books Trends 50

Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Leadership is not an easy task, and even the best leaders are susceptible to errors in thinking that can hinder decision-making and, ultimately, organizational success. Recognizing and avoiding these pitfalls can significantly enhance leadership effectiveness. Also know as “throwing good money after bad money.”

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2017

Last month, in an unprecedented show of solidarity, 150 CEOs from the world’s leading companies banded together to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace and, through an online platform, shared best practices for doing so. That’s obviously good for business.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2015

Companies were split into divisions, each with their own leadership. Even Brian admits that holacracy isn’t for everyone (I’m still not sure I would want to work in a company that adopted it), but I think every manager could benefit from a better understanding of the problems that it is trying to solve.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

And new models of leadership are emerging from some unlikely places. In his research, West found that companies today behave more like whales and machines. The good news is that there's no reason companies can't be more like communities. After all, companies are social networks too. Is it possible? There's some good news.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

companies, the guidelines contain helpful (although not entirely novel or innovative) recommendations such as compensating outside directors with stock, giving non-executive directors unfettered access to management, and discouraging the practice of earnings guidance. Intended to strengthen corporate governance at U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

Several years ago, a large, global company asked me to help improve their employee engagement. This is what “inclusive leadership” really looks like. But inclusiveness is about more than gender, racial or cultural diversity. This doesn’t mean groupthink. Create a shared identity. Be attentive to emotions.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Ed Gadsden, former chief diversity officer at Pfizer, once asked his sponsor, the legal scholar and federal judge Leon Higginbotham, why he took such an interest in him, aside from the fact they were both African American. Using your power is about developing others, helping them achieve their leadership potential. Fill in your gaps.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2012

Diversity is the crucial element for group creativity. Innovation teams tasked with creating new products or technologies or iterating existing ones need tension to produce breakthroughs, and tension comes from diverse points of view. Assembling and managing diverse teams is hard work.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Indeed, being data-driven has joined the ranks of “innovative”, “diverse”, and “socially responsible” as the one of most laudable features of organizational culture, at least if we go by company websites. Instead, celebrate critical thinking, curiosity, and the deeper desire to question things.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2014

Many companies have strong jock cultures, particularly in their sales departments. And in any company, it’s natural for cliques to develop, and for people with similar interests to band together—whether the groups consist of people who do yoga at lunchtime, gossip about reality TV shows, or knit. Leadership Leading teams'

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Leading Blog

MARCH 13, 2012

Dan Sanker states that ironically, in order to remain “competitive” companies will have to become more collaborative. Rather than engaging in an endless tug-of-war over the dwindling crumbs in a finite market, collaborative companies find ways to make the pie bigger, or create whole new pies , expanding everyone’s market and revenue.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2015

An extensively cited 2010 study found that 42% of hires happened at companies that didn’t report a vacancy. It can also increase the diversity of the people you hire, which has been shown to increase a firm’s competitive advantage. But hiring like this, by word of mouth, is a mistake.

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