Coaching Tip

JULY 16, 2017

Applying technology to provide easy access for societal dialog has the promise of peer-to-peer co-creation of knowledge and rapid consensus solution-building. Today's technology holds the promise of quickly connecting problem solvers with problems, converting actionable knowledge into value that transforms the world.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 5, 2014

What issues would need to be agreed upon for a solution to get group consensus and buy-in? To have greater success, you’d need to begin your initiative – whether it’s sales, change management, leadership, or negotiation – by facilitating the components of systemic change first. What would be the time factor?

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Creativity Resistance Consensus Case Study 89

Strategy Driven

MAY 28, 2014

let’s begin listening for, and designing, tools to facilitate the movement along the decision path that change decisions goes through; let’s ensure the right people are all involved (some not so obvious) and address consensus-building. Relate Articles: A Technology Case Study: Implementing What the Customer Wants.

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Marketing Consensus Content Follow-up 81

Building Personal Strength

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Contribute to team consensus decisions. 'Skype' and 'Goto' meetings in particular seem to be growing in popularity as more and more companies gradually begin to realize telecommuting and mobile correspondence via digital technologies empower employees to be more productive. Do you agree? Are you opposed? since 1987.

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Guidelines Participative Consensus Video 108

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

In fact, in most cases I actually prefer to have my thinking challenged – this doesn’t threaten me as a leader, it improves my leadership ability. Anyone who has ever been in a leadership position has had to deal with the inevitable tough relationship that causes more than its fair share of brain damage.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2016

This dialogue reached a consensus among political parties stipulating that the incumbent Islamists hand over power to a technocratic transitional government. I was asked to be Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Information & Communication Technologies. How could I refuse? Destroy silos. About the Author.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2018

Maybe your company tells people to be consensus-builders, but promotes people who are solely authoritative decision makers (behavior-practices gap). Likewise, inspirational leadership, the repetition of value statements, and letting people be themselves are important, but they are by-products of a healthy culture, not the drivers of one.

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Teamwork Consensus Attrition System 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

Only after seeing collaboration’s value for yourself will you put in the effort required to seek out cross-disciplinary projects and hone the skills necessary to collaborate effectively. Many people naively see collaboration as a leadership style in which relationships take precedence over the task at hand.

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Chief Operating Officer Consensus How To Project 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Many of these women already held senior leadership positions in large companies. Still, the art of consensus can sometimes slow women down and diminish their leadership credibility. Over the past decade, we've interviewed over 1,700 people to find out how women can be more successful at the highest levels in leadership.

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Career Consensus Decentralization Seminar 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Healthcare has become extraordinarily complex — the balance of quality against cost, and of technology against humanity, are placing ever-increasing demands on clinicians. Doctors were once viewed as ill-prepared for leadership roles because their selection and training led them to become “heroic lone healers.”

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Management 360-Degree Feedback Mayo Training 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

Conventional thinking has suggested that leadership positions go to those who aggressively plan their careers with a keen eye for building the right skills to reach top jobs. Note that this inclusive process is not decision-making by committee or by consensus. Others believe that leaders are born, not made.

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Open-book Career Rogers PR 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

These sessions are designed to do everything from teach particular skills or tools to discuss trends in different sectors. As evidenced by CCIP's research, webinars seem to work less well when they deal with topics around which there is no consensus, or that require enormous customization to be relevant to all audience members.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 4, 2016

As a leadership coach who also trains leadership coaches, I believe that both coaching and being coachable are key skills that can make a difference in this environment. The Crucial, Deceptively Simple Leadership Skill for Breakaway Performance, is available for purchase at centerforexecutivecoaching.com/book.

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Diversity Consensus Training Career 120

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2012

As the up-and-coming vice president and CEO candidate for a Fortune 500 technology corporation sat before the CEO for his annual review, he was baffled to discover that the feedback from his peers, customers, direct reports, and particularly from board members placed unusual emphasis on one potentially devastating problem: his listening deficit.

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360-Degree Feedback Welch Active Listening CEO 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Many businesses aren't skilled in talent management or team nurturing. Technology trends and tools like the cloud, and collaboration suites, are evolving to make this more and more workable. For teams like this, performance is typically much higher than might be expected of the sum of individuals.

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Real Estate Talent Management Long-term Short-term 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2013

We live in a world in which amplified individuals — people empowered by technologies and the collective intelligence of their social networks — can do things that previously only a large organization could. Leadership skills focus on community building, consensus building, mediation, commitment, and humility.".

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Mission Statement Class Learning-by-Doing Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

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). Group consensus allows participants to share their expertise and enhances the chance for buy-in from all parties.

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Planning Participative Conference Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Moreover, given that leaders in most companies vary in how effective they are, what happens when the multiple team leaders that employees report to have very different leadership styles? high empowering leadership) or 2) micromanaging the employee and never asking for advice or input (i.e., low or no empowering leadership).

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Team Micromanagement Delegation Learning-by-Doing 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

We spent time with established digital players, midsize companies (including Box and Palantir), and startups, particularly those focused on FinTech and technology services. Use strong leadership to enable true collaboration. As projects advance and coalesce, new teams form to gather the skills and priorities needed.

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Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2014

Today’s most competitive marketplace isn’t technology but talent. Their function has been turned upside down and inside out as a result of digital technology, empowered employees, and connected customers. It used to be that top talent was exceptional at a particular skill or function. Who: Look for dual superpowers.

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Marketing Strategy Brand Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2017

This is perhaps even more the case in the world of management outside of academic medicine — whether it is finance, consulting, or technology — as the path from professional to senior executive requires more than individual success. This gives you a good sense of their thinking process, communication skill, and level of interest.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 29, 2014

Guest post from Georg Vielmetter and Yvonne Sell: In “ Leadership 2030: The six megatrends you need to understand to lead your company into the future ,” we outline the repercussions of the convergence of globalization 2.0, The meaning of leadership is changing, as are the skills it requires. the top should be a crowded place.

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Leadership Globalization Maturity Agility 244

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

He also mentioned a plan for some sort of a stimulus to technological innovation, starting these manufacturing centers [like the one in Youngstown, Ohio]. There is sort of a consensus that what we need to do is lower the corporate tax rate. But I think we need a concrete proposal and leadership in that area.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2016

How will leadership teams and boards of directors orchestrate the strategic transformations of their currently successful businesses? The consensus is the challenges facing them will be daunting and organizations will be strained to finance and manage it. These two businesses are very different and require different management skills.

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