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How Do I Figure Out My Blind Spot and Hidden Motivations? #AskingForaFriend

Let's Grow Leaders

Practical Advice to Deal with a Blind Spot and Make it Work For You How do you become aware of a blind spot in your leadership? Here’s his advice for uncovering a blind spot and putting that information to make you stronger. Making Your Blind Spot Work for You Mike offers some great advice on getting real and getting better.

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LeadershipNow 140: January 2019 Compilation

Leading Blog

Winston Churchill, Groupthink, and the Dardanelles by @michaelaroberto. Rodgers & Hammerstein Have Some Advice For You from @JohnBaldoni. David Bowie knew how to inspire creativity via @quartzatwork. Resilience and Courage by @artpetty. Dejected and Defeated?

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CMI Highlights – 14 February

Chartered Management Institute

She also offers advice in The Times on how to overcome “groupthink,” where leaders remain unchallenged and team members withhold their views. Stronger together Ann also appeared on the BBC 5 Live breakfast programme to discuss the impact of relationships at work, including those with line managers. Play clip ].

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Don’t Hire For Culture Fit

LDRLB

You’ve probably heard the advice: “Don’t hire for skills, hire for culture fit.”. As a manager, you want a team of people who are diverse and who know how to leverage friction and disagreement toward better decision making and away from groupthink. But the reverse isn’t always true. That’s a recipe for a leadership disaster.

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Originals or How Non-Conformists Move the World

Leading Blog

Dealing with Groupthink. Cohesion in a group doesn’t cause groupthink. When what they need to do is look for advice that challenges them. “If In the same way being told not to cheat is not as effective than saying “Please don’t be a cheater.” There’s a fine line between having a strong culture and operating like a cult.”

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Don’t Hire For Culture Fit

LDRLB

You’ve probably heard the advice: “Don’t hire for skills, hire for culture fit.”. As a manager, you want a team of people who are diverse and who know how to leverage friction and disagreement toward better decision making and away from groupthink. But the reverse isn’t always true. That’s a recipe for a leadership disaster.

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Yes, You Can Brainstorm Without Groupthink

Harvard Business Review

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.