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Navigating the Mental Minefield: A Guide for Leaders

Mark Sanborn

In Practice: A CFO might confidently project revenue figures while neglecting market uncertainties and potential disruptions. Groupthink: The Consensus Conundrum The Trap: The desire for group harmony can lead to unchallenged decision-making and potentially flawed outcomes.

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Three Times You Have to Speak Up

Harvard Business Review

The CEO and CFO were marching through their 112-slide presentation. Enthusiasm, naïveté, fear of repercussions, conformity to the group norms, and even wisdom are all things that can influence whether someone speaks up or not. It happened during the Kennedy Administration's Bay of Pigs fiasco when " groupthink " carried the day.

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