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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Where Dan lost me was on point #4 – Teams Decide by Consensus. And as odd as it may sound, one of the greatest impediments to building productive teams is practicing management by consensus. In recent months I have observed a decent amount of politically correct discourse on the topic of team building and equality.

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Great Leadership Comes with a Counterintuitive Approach

Great Leadership By Dan

Coming to a consensus around vision and direction can be time intensive simply because people who don’t interact are likely speaking to each other for the very first time, and frankly don’t trust each other. And institutions of higher education, specifically MBA programs, often play a role by emphasizing thought and strategy over action.

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Three (Not So) Surprising Lessons of Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

Such outstanding leaders – and others from the ranks of startups, politics, popular culture, and big business – hail from every ethnicity, family and educational background, and rung on the social ladder. Some lead by charisma, others by consensus building. Some emerged early in their careers, while some blossomed late.

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How to Lead in High Turbulence – 5 Lessons from the Tunisian revolution

Strategy Driven

This dialogue reached a consensus among political parties stipulating that the incumbent Islamists hand over power to a technocratic transitional government. I was asked to be Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Information & Communication Technologies. Build bonds to strengthen trust. So did we succeed?

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What I Learned from Leading a Tunisian Ministry During the Arab Spring

Harvard Business Review

This dialogue reached a consensus among political parties stipulating that the incumbent Islamists hand over power to a technocratic transitional government. I was asked to be Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Information & Communication Technologies. Build bonds to strengthen trust. How could I refuse?

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The Big Picture of Business – Achieving the Best by Preparing for the Worst: Lessons Learned from High-Profile Crises, part 3 of 4

Strategy Driven

Perrier utilized media opportunities to advocate for environmental protection and sought to educate consumers about product purification processes. The national credibility restoration campaign included crisis management, re-educating the public on the need for artificial sweeteners as part of healthy diets and government relations activity.

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