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

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

N2Growth Blog

Never be swayed by consensus that calls you to compromise your values, rather be guided by doing the right thing. Most people don’t have to agree with you 100% of the time, but they do need to trust you 100% of the time. Trust cannot exist where leaders are fickle, inconsistent, indecisive, or display a lack of character.

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Will Africa’s Growth Help Africa’s People?

Harvard Business Review

They need infrastructure, starting with the roads that will take them to school or market, as well as electrification, water and sanitation systems. They need education, health care, decent wages, access to finance. Without a solid consensus over the financing and resources needed, goals remain simply wishes.

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How Korea Can Avoid Japan’s Economic Mistakes

Harvard Business Review

This instability meant that Japan was unable to iron out a national consensus on its reform plan, or implement reforms in the long run. Massive layoffs ensued, and the labor market turned flexible far too rapidly, with many formerly middle-class workers losing permanent contracts and reliable salaries.

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Global Demand for Food Is Rising. Can We Meet It?

Harvard Business Review

This will shape agricultural markets in ways we have not seen before. There is strong academic consensus that climate change–driven water scarcity, rising global temperatures, and extreme weather will have severe long-term effects on crop yields. Food demand is expected to increase anywhere between 59% to 98% by 2050.

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How To Choose The Next Head of the Fed

Harvard Business Review

At the moment, there seems to be little consensus on just how the two differ and which differences matter most. The New York Times recently published a 2000-word article trying to divine the likely policies of Summers versus Yellen. Googling Yellen vs. Summers nets some 12.5 million results. Recent scrutiny of the U.S.

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The End of Economists' Imperialism

Harvard Business Review

"By almost any market test, economics is the premier social science," Stanford University economist Edward Lazear wrote just over a decade ago. The field attracts the most students, enjoys the attention of policy-makers and journalists, and gains notice, both positive and negative, from other scientists.".

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