Chartered Management Institute

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This week, articles in Forbes Poland and Fortune China referenced CMI findings that 82% of managers who enter management positions have not had the relevant training. She also offers advice in The Times on how to overcome “groupthink,” where leaders remain unchallenged and team members withhold their views.

Groupthink 52

Groupthink Newsletter Article Transportation 52

Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Examples: A CEO ignores market research that suggests a new product will not be well-received because he or she firmly believes it’s a good idea. A business leader expands into new markets without sufficient research, thinking that past success will automatically translate to new ventures.

Dunning 104

Dunning Consensus Groupthink Charisma 104

Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Examples: A CEO ignores market research that suggests a new product will not be well-received because he or she firmly believes it’s a good idea. A business leader expands into new markets without sufficient research, thinking that past success will automatically translate to new ventures.

Dunning 52

Dunning Consensus Groupthink Charisma 52

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It’s hard to believe in our youth, but time reveals how little ‘d’ democratic failure can be. It stalks all of us sometimes, and it finds us often in life unless we figure out how to thrive and how to avoid the land mines. Groupthink is a real thing. It takes wisdom to figure that out. You listen. You make notes.

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Cooper Groupthink Leadership Styles Servant Leader 56