Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Be aware of groupthink. Too much agreement may imply “groupthink.” If you sense groupthink, play the devil’s advocate and foster healthy debate and discussion. Fine-tuning your discussing style : Find the right balance between not wasting time and providing ample opportunity for people to state their views.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Groupthink. One particularly big problem is known as groupthink , where groups tend to coalesce around the opinions of a powerful leader. To me, it was a clear example of groupthink, ignoring the elephant in the room. I eventually convinced her otherwise, and we developed some plans in the event of problems arising in this area.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2019

Winston Churchill, Groupthink, and the Dardanelles by @michaelaroberto. The Structure Culture Development Connection : The Key to Success for Organizations of the Future by @Julie_WG via @JesseLynStoner. Leadership Development: It Isn't All About You via @Korn_Ferry by Daniel Goleman. Resilience and Courage by @artpetty.

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Mike Cardus

JULY 26, 2020

Groupthink: over time, people working together will tend to think the same way, believe the same conclusions and results. Re-checking the information, using different personnel is necessary to avoid stuckness-thinking and groupthink. This group mindset leads to stuck thinking.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

It takes time to develop trust, learn to collaborate, and understand each other’s thinking styles and behavior patterns. That can result in groupthink. Working together includes talking, sharing ideas, debating issues, collaborating, making decisions, establishing goals, providing feedback, and celebrating success. Speak up.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2020

A S a McKinsey & Company article stated in late March 2020: “What leaders need during a crisis is not a predefined response plan but behaviors and mindsets that will prevent them from overreacting to yesterday’s developments and help them look ahead.”. Here is one example from a leader. Which might yours be?

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 30, 2023

And to do this, you need to develop and practice outsight (versus insight). Furthermore, and contrary to popular opinion, Ibarra argues that you have to act your way into a new type of leadership instead of thinking your way into it.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 13, 2022

The researchers developed an experiment that allowed them to change the complexity of what was ostensibly the same task. Of course, the researchers accept that teams are not always ideal, and there are various aspects of team dynamics that can hinder us, whether it’s groupthink or uneven power balances. Task optimization.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If you’ve ever agreed to a decision at work even when you believe it to be the worst move your company could make, you need to learn how to avoid groupthink. But what is groupthink? Image credit – Freepik What is Groupthink? Understanding what groupthink is and taking measures to avoid it is essential in any workplace.

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QAspire

APRIL 8, 2013

Great Quotes Improvement & Development In 100 Words Leadership Managing Career Self Growth conformance conformity Differentiation groupthink' Interesting Stuff: There is a new magazine on personal branding titled “ Me Inc. ”

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Leading Blog

MARCH 20, 2019

Not only does this foster groupthink, but it most often creates a toxic us versus them mentality “often leading to the demonization of the ‘other’ and contributing to discrimination and sometimes violence.” “The more often we her something, the more familiar it becomes, and familiarity breeds trust.” We Want to Belong.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2017

Unleashing Creativity And Avoiding Groupthink by Michelle M Smith via @octanner. Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. The Key Traits that Separate CEOs from other Senior Executives via @ChiefExecGrp Chief Executive magazine. See more on Twitter. * * *.

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Chartered Management Institute

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Towards Flexibility and Productivity ; ran a panel event, Shaping the Future of Apprenticeships ; and hosted a skills roundtable in Huddersfield, where West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin acknowledged the value of apprenticeships for career development. We recently published our report on the Apprenticeship Levy 2.0, That work continues.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2017

When several team members don’t speak freely, groupthink rears its head, sometimes even with catastrophic implications. In a team this can be detrimental, it means this team member’s expertise is unavailable for the group. So what can you as a leader when dealing with an anxious team member?

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

These are questions that require you to challenge groupthink, conventional wisdom, and your own biases. For example, you can make more money but will have less free time; you can fix the bottom line but will have to lay off workers; you can liberate a country but will cause damage and death.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Developing Original Ideas. Dealing with Groupthink. Cohesion in a group doesn’t cause groupthink. Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *. We often undercommunicate our ideas because we are so familiar with them that we think there is no need to repeat them.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 10, 2017

Groupthink : the psychological phenomenon for alignment that occurs within a group of people because of the desire for, and/or pressure to, have harmony or conformity. Anchoring : the tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information offered when making decisions.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2012

In articles in both the New York Times and The New Yorker earlier this year, the concept of brainstorming as introduced in the 1940's by Alex Osborn has been attacked as ineffective and linked to the concept of " Groupthink.". Suffice it to say, we dislike consensus-based "Groupthink" as much as the next person. Here's our advice: 1.

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 25, 2019

Once you chose an action, we will debate the merits of the work and fail to recognize alternative options that may be better or worse; framing the process of synthesis as one of curiosity – wander through ideas; also, using groupthink for progress, mixed with breaking these teams up and challenging the ideas in new mixed teams.

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Leading Blog

MAY 8, 2019

The goal of consensus leads to “groupthink” and inferior decisions. That to create effective teams, you need to understand and pay attention to these human values. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *. Lead Based on First Principles.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 7, 2014

The trick for managers is to cultivate belongingness and uniqueness simultaneously, focusing on diverse talents and experiences without stereotyping or alienating employees, or making them reluctant to share ideas that set them apart and lead to groupthink. . Inclusive leaders are humble. Related articles.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 8, 2013

It’s natural to gravitate toward, and develop bonds with, people who look like, talk like, and think like we do. In addition to the well-known dangers of groupthink, when leaders exclude Others , they also exclude the varied perspectives and ideas that could help the leaders make better and more imaginative decisions.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Discourage groupthink and don’t shoot the messenger. Diversity creates dissent, and you need that. Without it, you’re not going to get any deep inquiry or breakthroughs.”. 8) Make sharing the truth, hard facts, constructive criticism, etc. easy to do. When you resort to attacking the messenger and not the message, you have lost the debate.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

And to do this, you need to develop and practice outsight (versus insight). Contrary to popular opinion, Ibarra argues that you have to act your way into a new type of leadership thinking instead of thinking your way into it.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 7, 2015

And to do this, you need to develop and practice outsight (versus insight). Contrary to popular opinion, Ibarra argues that you have to act your way into a new type of leadership thinking instead of thinking your way into it.

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HR Digest

MAY 11, 2019

A form of groupthink which prevents individuals from thinking independently. If we fixate on an initial piece of information to make subsequent judgment during decision-making, we become emotionally attached to it for the stability of forming a conclusion. Bandwagon Bias. It is often linked to authority bias. Conformity Bias.

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The Idolbuster

JANUARY 15, 2013

After a few experiments, they pronounced it ready to ship to customers, and did not need to go through a formal development process. Product development is always needed to make a new technology robust enough to work consistently in customer hands. I cringed when I heard the story.

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Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 5, 2023

We’ve seen toxic cultures allowed to flourish in large and high-profile organisations, erratic leadership behaviours, groupthink and boardrooms struggling to maintain control. Scroll for more Shortcut to start of content The public expects institutions and big businesses to show high standards of leadership and management.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

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. Two days later, the group presents the fully developed alternatives to President Kennedy, who chooses to pursue the blockade.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

MAY 24, 2022

How to Have a Fresh Perspective Protect Yourself from Bad Information How to Give Feedback GroupThink: What Makes You Think Other Know Better? Additional Reading: Did You Know that Dogs Can Fly? How Do You React to Negative Feedback? If you like this article, subscribe to our blog so that you don’t miss a single post.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Assertive individuals are the ones who can prevent such groupthink by standing up to the pressures of conformity even (or especially) when doing so carries risk. In any group, the pressure to conform is high. As a result, the default is often not to question decisions – much less ethically questionable ones.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2015

Holacracy, inspired by Agile software development , is optimized for adaptation, making these types of adjustments as a matter of course. These days, every enterprise needs to develop a culture of change. In hierarchical organizations — whatever their failings — leaders can change direction and combat groupthink.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

In addition, shareholders don’t necessarily want directors and management to speak “with one voice” (another commonly cited reason for assigning shareholder engagement to the CEO) and value diversity of views that may suggest a board is looking at important matters holistically and has not succumbed to groupthink.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

That being your motivation, how do you step in the opposite direction—away from peer pressure, business norms, groupthink, and the power of conformity—to share a perspective that’s contrary to both expected and rewarded workplace behavior?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

The underlying premise is that it’s not enough to just hire the right people — those with strong values, great potential, and high competence — and develop them as individuals. Teams low in diversity often succumb to groupthink; they agree with each other too quickly and fail to consider novel courses of action.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2013

To overcome “groupthink” start with hiring. Companies like developing their own culture. Fighting groupthink should start at the hiring stage. He tucks the scraps in a drawer, let’s them settle for a year or so, and then pulls them out for a reading over coffee and dessert. It’s pretty funny stuff.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The problem was that their strategy development and internal reviews, like those in many companies, didn’t account for competitive dynamics. Strategy development and internal reviews often focus on precedents, trends, and due diligence. The company didn’t have a death wish, and its strategists weren’t deficient.

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