Leading Blog

JANUARY 14, 2019

I N AN IBM global survey of CEOs, the overwhelming consensus was that more than rigor, management discipline, integrity or even vision, successfully navigating an increasing complex world will require creativity. In a world where we must adapt or die, we need creative solutions. And there seems to be a stigma surrounding creative types.

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Creativity Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Construction 265

leaderCommunicator

JUNE 3, 2014

We’ve all been to the classic planning meeting, at a conference or in an executive’s office, to think through a compelling issue or crisis at an organization. Flip charts and sticky notes flow, ideas get jotted down, and ultimately you arrive at a consensus -- the path forward. The cloud-based tool was developed by Codigital , a U.K.-based

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Brainstorming Conference Consensus eBook 126

Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Develop a Zen-Like Mantra. This approach typically results in a much longer discussion, since it is much harder to get a fast consensus on what is best, versus what is worst. You will really never know until that first real crisis – but in any business, it ultimately happens. Practice Full Spectrum Management .

Leadership 339

Leadership Consensus Follow-up Resistance 339

The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 27, 2020

These challenges vary greatly based on personal circumstances, but the thing that is consistent is that everyone has gone through the same health crisis. Although CLS holds no expertise in the subject and would never dispense medical advice, we do feel comfortable dispensing leadership advice based on medical consensus.

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Consensus Fashion Advice Operations 52

The Practical Leader

MAY 7, 2012

Our session centered on fostering Courageous Conversations because their history of not addressing tough issues with each other was a major reason this division ran itself into a manufacturing quality and financial crisis. The leader is also building co-dependence on himself or herself as the chief problem solver and crisis manager.

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Team Consensus Hamel Commitment 56

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 13, 2011

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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Learning-by-Doing Consensus Career Blog 100

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

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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Blog Gordon Follow-up Open-book 419

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

But, the general consensus was that if someone recommended a book that inspired them or taught them how to be a better leader, the book was worth their time. Here is the list of all 235 books, in alphabetical order. Top Books About Leadership. Top Books About Leadership.

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Books Leadership Handbook Kotter 78

Lead from Within

AUGUST 27, 2020

When people are working remotely, it’s easier for different assumptions and expectations to develop. Bring the full group together: After you’ve allowed people to process and finalized the group, bring everyone together to discuss the most promising ideas and begin working toward a consensus. Identify the problem solvers.

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Brainstorming Crisis How To Crisis Management 218

Eric Jacobson

MAY 25, 2012

But, the general consensus was that if someone recommended a book that inspired them or taught them how to be a better leader, the book was worth their time. Within the list of favorites you'll find titles published decades ago and ones published last month. Then, select one or more for your summer reading list.

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Books Handbook Kotter Leadership Pipeline 92

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

But, the general consensus was that if someone recommended a book that inspired them or taught them how to be a better leader, the book was worth their time. Here is the list of all 235 books, in alphabetical order. Top Books About Leadership. Top Books About Leadership.

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Books Leadership Handbook Kotter 50

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

But, the general consensus was that if someone recommended a book that inspired them or taught them how to be a better leader, the book was worth their time. Within the list of favorites you'll find titles published decades ago and ones published last month. Then, select one or more for your summer reading list.

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Books Leadership Handbook Kotter 60

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2016

Carroll from the University of Victoria to show how companies’ boards interlock and to study the implications for when a crisis hits. We plotted shared directorships among 176 large companies in 1976 and 2013, two years that followed a major global economic crisis. Regional networks did not form in reaction to the 2008 crisis.

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Crisis Globalization Banking Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

It’s all part of a plan for President Kennedy to make the most critical decision in his life—how to respond in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Yale psychologist Irving Janis used the debacle to coin the term “groupthink,” which refers to a psychological drive for consensus at any cost that suppresses dissent and appraisal of alternatives.

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Groupthink Janis Consensus After Action Review 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

The goal of most executive coaching and leadership development is behavior change—help the individual identify and change the behaviors that are getting in the way of, and reinforce the behaviors associated with, effective leadership. This ultimately yielded a consensus and reasoned decision-making.

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Consensus Executive Coaching Ethics CEO 13

Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Collaboration does not = consensus.” “The “Management is not a science, it is an art.” Nilofer Merchant @Nilofer / Consultant and champion of collaboration / In a nutshell: Leaders need to involve their people. The future is not created, it is co-created.” “We We are great at creating ideas and suck at deciding which one to activate.”

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Management Simon COO Blog 48

Roundtable Talk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Consensus building is one of this particular leaders core strengths and they have done everything they can to win over the hostile player. Well, maybe your colleague came in full guns blazing (like many newly promoted folks do) and this person is right to have her nose out of joint.

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Blog Godin Learning-by-Doing Consensus 31

Leading Blog

JUNE 27, 2018

Worse still, when we are in the midst of a problem or crisis, we easily revert to the same old thinking with the hopes that we’ll think it through better next time when were under less pressure. Ask people what holds them back. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *.

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How To Creativity Motivation Learning-by-Doing 164

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2018

And if their initial guesses were wrong, they needed a process that would permit them to change early on in the product development process when the cost of changes were small — the famed “pivot.” Startups now had tools that sped up the search for customers, reduced time to market, and slashed the cost of development.

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IPO First-mover Advantage Business Model Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Studies comparing the problem-solving abilities of groups in which dissenting views are voiced with groups in which they are not find that dissent tends to be a better precondition for reaching the right solution than consensus. Yet how many leaders actively seek out and encourage views alien and at odds to their own? All too few.

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Consensus Hedge Diversity Stress 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Studies comparing the problem-solving abilities of groups in which dissenting views are voiced with groups in which they are not find that dissent tends to be a better precondition for reaching the right solution than consensus. Yet how many leaders actively seek out and encourage views alien and at odds to their own? All too few.

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Consensus Hedge Diversity Stress 8

You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Sometimes there just isn’t time for lengthy debate or consensus building. link] LeadershipNews: A Leadership Crisis or a Branding Issue? In times of upheaval, it is an authoritative leader who will ensure the reformation of a structure within which we can continue to work and contribute. · Theme: Pilcrow by Automattic

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Leadership Styles Leadership Blog McCarthy 40

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2013

Markets change much faster in developing nations than they do in developed countries, as these examples show. Tracking stakeholders'' perspectives may not yield a consensus prediction. Sealed Air China used this approach to decide whether it should develop lower-priced packaging material and go head-to-head with local rivals.

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Marketing Market Segmentation Merchandising B2B 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2012

It's a question that has defied consensus, with valid arguments on both sides of the issue. By helping to fill this analytical void, CFOs can make it more likely that the market will develop expectations that are grounded in reality. First, let's review the case for guidance.

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CFO Metrics Price Depreciation 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

This was just one round in a developing fight over the rules and norms that govern the international political economy. Writing in 1979, Roger Hansen (in Beyond the North-South Stalemate ) succinctly characterized the choices faced by developed and developing countries in the face of these demands. In retrospect, not very much.

Globalization 11

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

India began morphing from a highly protected economy to a liberalizing one in the 1990s, following a balance of payments crisis. The rapid pace and impact of these changes did not allow the luxury of time and resources to endlessly research or build consensus around an idea or course of action.

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Globalization Bottom-up Class Consensus 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2011

Sitting at an annual event on a well-known Alp, Chris saw Washington Consensus capitalism come up against emerging economy pragmatism. The "Asian Contagion" currency crisis that depressed Thailand, Indonesian, South Korean and other currencies by as much as 70% was not yet over. Larry Summers, then Deputy Secretary of the U.S.

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Banking ROE Proposal Self-aware 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2011

for the quarter, just barely clearing the consensus estimates of $0.40. Later, a different boss recognized and encouraged my talent for reaching out to people, and his praise enabled me to further develop that skill. Had something catastrophic happened? In fact, this stock market bellwether had just beat earnings estimates by 6%.

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Proposal Benchmarking Consensus Morale 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The situation has changed since then; there’s now a consensus about the necessity to make a shift to efficiency, innovation, productivity, and, ultimately, consumption. Furthermore, there’s an awareness of the urgency; most leaders admit that pursuing the current model will increase the risk of a major economic or social crisis.

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Policies Uncertainty Long-term Resistance 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

Develop a preliminary agenda. Consider the following roles: A facilitator guides the discussion, making sure all sides of the issue are raised (this is a good job for someone who is developing leadership skills and practicing neutrality). Leader’s choice is usually the fastest approach, so is most appropriate in a crisis.

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Planning Participative Conference Consensus 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Effective Crisis Handling, Case Studies. There is an art to Crisis Preparedness. Business development. The same planning process that nurtures Crisis Preparedness can and must also accommodate for Crisis Management. This is regarded as a premiere textbook case of quality crisis management. Body of Knowledge.

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Crisis Crisis Management Budgeting Risk Management 71

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2015

Mid-Career Crisis. Indeed, this is what happens when couples don’t actively work to build and maintain consensus on what they want. Develop a common vision, then keep each other on track. How will domestic work (which may detract from career building) be divided up? Can they renegotiate? You and Your Team.

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Career Chief Financial Officer Cooper Resistance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2013

With whom should we discuss matters first, and who should be approached later if we are to work towards consensus or cooperation? Health care professionals and administrators who develop the skills of effective negotiation will find that they are better equipped to heal, collaborate and innovate. Leading Health Care Innovation.

Strategy 8

Strategy Health Care Compliance Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

The code that was developed for the (confusingly named) The DAO application was called a “smart contract,” and ran as a DAO application on top of the Ethereum blockchain. Any change to the network rules requires coordination and consensus among all of the stakeholders.

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Decentralization Consensus Resistance Politics 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Originating from agile software development, the sprint has entered the business mainstream as an increasingly popular means to accelerate business model, product, or service innovation. But the sprint format isn’t just for development and design anymore. Can you run fast and go deep at the same time?

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Agility Strategy Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Look no further than the recent protests against the completion of the Keystone and the Dakota Access pipelines , or the opposition that stopped the development of the Cape Wind Associates’ offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound. Conflicts like these with local communities are not only divisive, they are expensive.

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Company Supply Chain Real Estate Stakeholder Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Though not yet confirmed, Zika is suspected of causing microcephaly — babies born with small heads and abnormal brain development — and paralysis in adults. This approach would benefit from the accelerated development of easy-to-use, point-of-care diagnostics for Zika. Zika has already become fairly widespread.

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Crisis Decentralization System Travel 8