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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

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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 a highly productive organization the power and influence of your voice is earned through trust and performance, and not entitlement.

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Leading Those Who Don't Want To Follow | N2Growth Blog

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Thinking in terms of “ my way &# is right and therefore “ other ways &# are wrong is the basis for polarizing any relationship, which quickly results in converting discussions into power struggles. Never be swayed by consensus that calls you to compromise your values, rather be guided by doing the right thing.

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Two Powerful Ways Managers Can Curb Implicit Biases

Harvard Business Review

” In finance, for example, that might mean believing — based on no evidence — that only MBA graduates from an elite university are likely to succeed at their jobs. They have to in order to communicate and to reach consensus with others who may not share the same experiences or perspectives.

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What to Do When You’re Stuck Between Your Boss and Your Boss’s Boss

Harvard Business Review

“It’s like when you were a kid and your parents would fight,” says Priscilla Claman, the president of Career Strategies, a Boston-based consulting firm and a contributor to the HBR Guide to Getting the Right Job. Claman recommends scheduling a meeting with the two of them and other colleagues to try to come to a consensus.

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The Sad Truth Behind Growing Clashes at the WTO

Harvard Business Review

Before the financial crisis ushered in the current global economic downturn, there was a strong intellectual consensus among mainstream economists and policymakers about the merits of free trade. Instead we need to consult an independent source. But do these formal objections reveal only the tip of the iceberg?

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Peak Globalization

Harvard Business Review

The international political consensus of the universal economic benefits of globalization that defined much of the 20th and early 21st centuries is breaking down. America's rising nationalism is taking a different form but it is powerful nonetheless. The positive consensus toward globalization that defined the U.S.

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Marketing Success | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Managing Outside Vendors : Remember that consultants work for you, and that the decisions should be made by you and not the vendor. Good consultants build consensus and unify management focus, they do not splinter opinion. with the only outcomes being failed initiatives and splintered management teams. Thanks for sharing Tom.

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