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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

This in turn leads to a very focused, coordinated, and ultimately a very passionate work environment. It reminds me of Drucker’s first rule of decision making: one does not make a decision unless there is disagreement. A team helps to create the best foundation for a decision or action. Consensus isn’t the goal.

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Companies Collect Competitive Intelligence, but Don’t Use It

Harvard Business Review

Internal operational issues including execution, budgets, and deadlines are paramount in a company’s deliberation, but what other players will do is hardly ever in focus. What Did Peter Drucker Really Say? Peter Drucker is often quoted as coming up with the managerial bromide, “What gets measured gets managed.”

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Competing on Service: Eleven Ways to Beat the Competition by ‘Hugging’ Your Customers

Strategy Driven

Twelve cases are written as narratives with multiple teaching points, but without a focus on a particular business decision; the remaining twenty-three cases were written around specific conundrums related to strategy, operations, finance, marketing, leadership, culture, human resources, organizational design, business model, and growth.