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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Ryan Stephenson Groupthink Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

boards of directors should engage with their companies'' shareholders. firms have historically given the CEO and other management members exclusive responsibility for communicating with investors. companies have started demanding direct access to non-management board members in order to assess the quality of board stewardship.

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Groupthink Banking CEO Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

Several years ago, a large, global company asked me to help improve their employee engagement. This doesn’t mean groupthink. For example, a leader who can’t spot the emotional angst on an excluded employee’s face will not be able to chance her behavior to make him feel more included. Create a shared identity.

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Groupthink Diversity Survey Team 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2013

But we’re re-telling the story here because the professor’s first response reveals two failings all too common in managers. But how do managers work actively to fight weaknesses of which, by definition, they are insufficiently aware? To overcome “groupthink” start with hiring. It’s important.

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Tips Groupthink Janis Self-aware 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

How did the stars at that firm manage to shine brightly together, while those at the other merely twinkled on their own? Bain & Company’s Michael Mankins, Alan Bird, and James Root illustrate all sorts of wonderful examples in the article “Making Star Teams out of Star Players.” You and Your Team.

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Team How To Efficiency Groupthink 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

To find out, I turned to my ongoing Top Pricer Tournament , in which 884 people — managers, consultants, professors, students — make pricing strategy decisions for a generic business competing against other generic businesses. I conducted a business war game for a company in the food industry. Broadening the Frame.

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Due Diligence Groupthink Strategy Customer Loyalty 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

Chief information officers are expected to see deeply into the future and generate IT predictions that companies can build their strategies around. An Asian view of technology, for example, may reveal ideas and trends that haven't migrated across the seas yet. What impact will terahertz frequencies have on communication technologies?

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CIO Venture Capitalist Chief Information Officer Conference 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2017

In my case, I have four vocations: I’m a corporate strategist at a Fortune 500 company, US Navy Reserve officer, author of several books, and record producer. And most of my asset manager clients were looking for something different: “Give me a contrarian perspective.” Two careers are better than one.

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Career Groupthink Banking Video 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Polycentric innovation won't work in organizations that promote groupthink. The Indian firms we studied promote diversity in their R&D management by hiring external talent to build and oversee their global innovation network. At the same time, these companies are using foreign expertise to bolster their core business as well.

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Globalization Innovation Decentralization Chemicals 9

Frank Sonnenberg Online

MARCH 7, 2019

Sonnenberg, who serves on several boards and consults for companies you would know and respect, writes about issues important to your success. For example, if you believe you’re going to be successful , you’re going to view your prospects differently than if you think people like me never stand a chance. Nothing syrupy here.

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Advice Learning-by-Doing Blog Morale 81

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2018

It is no doubt a sign of progress that a significant proportion of organizations and managers today appear to feel guilty when they admit that they are making big management decisions in an intuitive rather than evidence-based way. And, as with any cultural transformation, managers are a critical agent of change.

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Team Groupthink Training Diversity 10

ExactHire - Leadership

MARCH 8, 2017

Sometimes, senior management doesn’t think core values are a big deal because they think every employee already knows how they are supposed to act to succeed. While the company has been in business since 2007, our management team had some of the same objections that I initially mentioned. Performance management process?

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Process Groupthink Company Document 52

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

For example, a group needs both expertise in relevant subjects and fresh eyes that can see beyond the established ways of doing things. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, for example, divides thinking preferences into four categories: Extroverted or introverted. Innovative Teams (20-Minute Manager Series). Excerpted from.

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Diversity Ries Creativity Groupthink 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

And, along with management experts, they have provided helpful tips that decision-makers can use to try to correct for those biases. For example, one of the company’s refineries needed upgrading to remain competitive in the refining business. Commitment to action by all stakeholders necessary to achieve effective action.

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Organization Uncertainty Proposal Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2015

No wonder so many managers choose to avoid advertizing openings. An extensively cited 2010 study found that 42% of hires happened at companies that didn’t report a vacancy. Here’s an example. In 2009, I was hiring aides for a senior IT management job. But hiring like this, by word of mouth, is a mistake.

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Tools Groupthink Advertising Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Complexity is a clear and present danger to both firms and the global financial system: it makes both much harder to manage, govern, audit, regulate and support effectively in times of crisis. This in turn made hoarding money, not lending it, the sanest thing for the banks to do after the crash.).

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Banking Crisis Hedge System 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 31, 2019

For example; Knowledge may change as times change, right? For example, nobody in college told you that money and power can be dangerous if you let them become your primary focus. For example, be careful what kind of company you keep. Bad company corrupts good morals. Groupthink is a real thing.

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