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LeadershipNow 140: September 2016 Compilation

Leading Blog

Bridging the Manager/Millennial Disconnect by @DanNegroni. Success Is Never an Accident – It’s a Choice by @SteveTobak. Business Book Classic: The Abilene Paradox by @WallyBock. The Key to Being Resilient by @SusanMazza. How NOT to Screw Up Organizational Change by @macdarling.

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The #1 Killer of Change

Lead Change Blog

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. That issue has some typical outcomes. They seem unclear about purpose. What to do now?

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So, We All Agree?… Really? | You're Not the Boss of Me

You're Not the Boss of Me

You adjourn the meeting feeling good about having been successful at getting everyone “ on side “ And then you hear people on their way out of the room saying something like, “I’m really not sure this will work, but everyone else seemed to think it was a good idea so I went along&# ? Ever happen to you? … Really?