The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

By and large, the consensus suggests that remote work improves our wellbeing by giving us a better work-life balance and lower stress by removing our commute and giving us more control over our lives. For instance, if managers regularly send emails late at night, this behavior will trickle down to the team.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 24, 2017

As such, here are six steps that will help you strengthen team cohesion, regardless of what storms might be looming outside your organization’s walls. After all, it’s easy to care about our contributions, but what about the contributions their fellow team mates make?

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Lead from Within

APRIL 16, 2024

Here are my top recommendations: Encourage Dissent and Debate: Instead of seeking consensus, encourage healthy dissent and open debate within your team. Build teams with individuals who bring unique intellectual strengths to the table. Create Cross-Functional Teams: Break down silos and promote cross-functional collaboration.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 16, 2015

Chris Edmonds : When I consult with executives on crafting a high performance, values-aligned culture, one of the first things I do is to examine the effectiveness of their leadership team. Whatever that team is called - an executive team, a leadership team, a management team, etc. They include: 1.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 9, 2024

Managing change in the workplace is no easy task considering the innumerable ways a company has to keep adapting to shifting circumstances. The best change management strategies are often the ones that are adopted through a consensus at the organization, where all those affected also benefit, or at the least supported by, the change.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

In "Managers, can you hear me now?" Managers Fail to Build Trust and Integrity. Trust always begins with the manager. As the manager, you are the force that keeps your team focused on results. Managers are the first to get bored with their message. They Over-rely on Consensus. They are consistent.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 5, 2018

After decades of observing teams as an executive leadership coach, I’ve come to realize two things. First, every team has issues to overcome before they can function effectively. Second, every team has the ability to navigate those issues and do great work together. Here are some of the most common obstacles I see in teams.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 26, 2017

Much of the adopted research on the field of strategic management and leadership depicts the successful leader as planner, decision maker, and instigator of structure and sustainable processes. Leaders say many things and behave in many ways; often our teams are unclear of the intent in our words and behaviors.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Senior managers follow, apparently slavishly, structural change, without a clear vision to underpin it. That phenomenon, first described by Jerry B Harvey in his article ‘The Abilene Paradox’, highlighted his views on consensus inertia. They define appropriate standards of behavior for all team members and expose contrary action.

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Clinton M. Padgett

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

As a project manager, it’s crucial to try to understand all sides of a conflict so that you can be the voice of reason. I have seen project managers get equally angry as the two people in conflict yelling at each other, and that just worsens the situation. Find common ground and remind everyone of the common goal. Working Through It.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

The often repeated phrase, “There’s no ‘I’ in TEAM” is only half true. It ignores the fact that great teams have great individual members. And high performing teams are not always easy places to be. Great team members are often perfectionists, paranoid, stubborn and/or self confident. But they do perform.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2024

Surfacing the undiscussables on your team may be uncomfortable, but it must be an ongoing campaign, or they will sneakily build up in the background and impact your employees’ morale.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 16, 2014

The World Wide Widgets leadership team had gathered to decide how to use surplus funds. Dye President at Trailblaze, Inc David works with leaders, managers, and supervisors who want to get more done, build teams that care, and achieve results. Leadership Development clarity consensus decision making Decisions meetings vote'

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

They are no longer responsible for managing risk but also for driving innovation, enhancing customer experiences, and achieving sustainable growth. Strong strategic leadership skills, including the ability to inspire and motivate teams, are also crucial in navigating the complexities of the insurance sector.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Working on teams and reaching agreement on anything can be a challenge. Team Leaders and Managers set the tone for team based decision making. Below is a case study / success story of coaching and consulting with a manager and a team to improve their decision making process and output as a team.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

There are probably few if any people in leadership who don’t aspire to have a happy team. Especially these days, when most people are working long hours and have so much to do, there are steps you can take to help ensure your team is happy (and, since the two go hand in hand, motivated). A happy team has a supportive leader.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 19, 2023

John Quincy Adams A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. It’s about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. Martin Luther King Jr. Trust is the essence of leadership.

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Leading Blog

MAY 8, 2019

He was simply known as “coach” in part because he was a coach of the Columbia University football team from 1974 to 1979, but mostly for his business mentoring. Campbell worked with individuals, but he coached teams. Coaching is the best way to mold effective people into powerful teams.” Campbell coached people to coach teams.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This includes examining the board’s decision-making processes, such as the quality of information provided, the level of analysis and debate conducted, and the level of consensus reached. A comprehensive and systematic approach is essential to analyze the board’s effectiveness in risk management and compliance.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Making decisions as a team requires a shared understanding and procedure for accomplishment. The confusion and strife that occurs because the team cannot make a decision will ruin any progress made on the work. CONTACT Create-Learning to make this happen for your team. How to Make Decisions on Team Tasks. Photo Credit.

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

In work teams you may be asked to offer various supporting roles and contribute your expertise and knowledge to various projects. These projects may have you work with people you don’t normally work with and be managed by a project manager and / or team leader that are not your direct manager. Are these sufficient?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2023

These sessions help teams align on key assumptions, build conviction on a path forward, and activate individual and collective change. These are immersive, interactive discussions specifically designed to help groups see through the fog that accompanies today’s predictable unpredictability.

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Leadership Freak

JUNE 24, 2013

Empowerment is smoke and mirrors until management loses power. When managers and front-line employees “pretend-collaborate,” for example, the group that makes the decision has the power. Collaboration only occurs between […].

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 5, 2024

New Year's Resolutions for leaders : Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Product managers hold a unique position in the company: they depend on people from other groups, but they do not have managerial authority over those people (in most cases). Their success depends on their ability to build consensus and inspire the other team members to do great things.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Just as great coaches don’t win many games without great players, great managers aren’t successful without the right people on their team. Finding, hiring, and developing great performers is the most important part of every manager’s job. Look for unanimous consensus from all the people who participated in the interviews.

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Mike Cardus

MAY 17, 2012

Managing and working on teams the procedures being used must be known , shared and understood. Decision Making is a common procedure that is lacking from teams. Consultative: A decision has to be made and ultimately the Manager will make the decision. BUT the manager will make the final decision. What do you think?

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CEO Insider

JULY 17, 2021

It’s easy to assume we know what they want due to a dangerous judgment error termed the false consensus effect. This problematic mental blindspot causes us to perceive others who we feel to be in our team as sharing our beliefs. The false consensus effect is one of over 100 […]. That’s often not the case.

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The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 18, 2023

During a workshop designed to identify Moose-on-the-Table issues, Jon was surprised by the very clear and strong feedback from his organization that his management group weren’t acting as a team. At their next management meeting, he “read them the riot act.” Then, the true issues are clearly named.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

From doctors to teachers to managers to presidents, the more experience the better. On the most fundamental level, leaders must bring divergent groups together and forge a consensus on a path forward. Our personal experience is key to who we are and what we do. We judge others by their experience and are judged by ours.

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 12, 2013

All teams have conflict. Team conflict can be a positive thing, if it is able to move the team forward and create a better approach. Team conflict can be a negative thing, if it holds the team back from achieving its purpose, and is disruptive to the team members getting their work done. Repeat as needed.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 28, 2020

Ineffective engagement with an organization’s stakeholders can lead to blind spots for managers and executives , and these can have a dire effect on an organization’s growth. For more than a year, he and his senior management team have been trying to encourage patient groups to adopt his organization’s innovative medical equipment.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 21, 2020

If it’s managers or staff who tend to reject requests or new policies, take some time to set firm boundaries and expectations: We expect you to accept new assignments, protocols, or crunch-time duties. Bridge divides with team bonding. Bridge divides with team bonding. Create consequences for noncompliance. Hire to innovate.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

This is especially important during crises as it helps to build trust among your team. “In the public sphere, for example, the lack of consensus from state leaders as they receive new information is something that might confuse people, who may initially perceive leaders as being on the ‘same government team.”

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Let’s start with what typically goes wrong: Scenario 1: The leader is too scared to make decisions and waits until consensus is reached within the team. Scenario 2: The team member is too scared to do anything without first checking with the leader. Team members make all the decisions, also those above their level of authority.

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