Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

While this may feel easy and efficient, it’s often a waste of people’s time and does not tap into the creative potential of the team. Teams will almost always develop better, more creative solutions than any one person could and will be more likely to support the implementation of the solutions. Consensus building skills.

Skills 215

Skills Consensus Brainstorming Participative 215

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 8, 2023

The only real consensus is that there is no consensus, with as many firms seeming to want employees back in as those believing employees should be free to choose. A recent paper from Harvard Business School suggests that a hybrid combination of the two might be the best approach. Finding the sweet spot.

Productivity 107

Productivity Products Consensus Quality 107

Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2017

That phenomenon, first described by Jerry B Harvey in his article ‘The Abilene Paradox’, highlighted his views on consensus inertia. He believed, as I do, that groupthink erodes values; stifles critical thinking, limits creativity; enables undue influence of direction; and, allows inequity of action. Then act on that feedback.

Abilene Paradox 272

Abilene Paradox Groupthink Consensus Restructuring 272

Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

It requires patiently exploring areas of individual interest and passion and marrying those with business needs and priorities — ideally in creative ways. Engaging family members in learning is more of an art than a science.

How To 304

How To Diversity Open-book Consultative 304

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The top half of the circle are the 18 Creative Competencies that lead to leadership effectiveness. First and foremost, we have to consciously move our leadership from reactive to creative. In their study, High-Creative leaders consistently demonstrated the following 10 strengths. They underuse their High-Creative strengths.

Leadership 273

Leadership Self-aware Agility Creativity 273

Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

From distorting the past to limiting creativity to reducing happiness, experience can cause misperceptions and then reinforce them without our awareness. On the most fundamental level, leaders must bring divergent groups together and forge a consensus on a path forward. But what makes that possible?

Books 411

Books Meyer Leadership Tactics 411

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 24, 2023

The researchers also examined whether the creativity or novelty of a paper might prompt evaluators to disagree more often, which undermines publishing as that might require more consensus. “Novel ideas may still be disfavored at earlier stages, when there is much more uncertainty about whether the ideas will work.”

Peer Review 82

Peer Review Consensus Review Uncertainty 82

The Practical Leader

APRIL 10, 2024

In Working with Emotional Intelligence , Daniel Goleman, reports, “a study by the Center for Creative Leadership of top American and European executives whose careers derailed, the inability to build and lead a team was one of the most common reasons for failure.” “Just do it” is often their mantra.

Team 124

Team Teamwork Goleman How To 124

Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 7, 2015

” They reached quick consensus: responsiveness, self-sufficiency, creativity, and candor topped the list (with a beautiful argument about the pros and cons of compliance). ” In other areas I’m all for creativity and experimentation. I then asked, “how do you know what YOUR manager wants? .”

Compliance 180

Compliance Consensus Learning-by-Doing Travel 180

Leading Blog

JUNE 27, 2018

Sachs says we need to accept anxiety as part of the journey and reimagine fear as fuel for creativity. When you feel fear, remind yourself that it might indicate that you’re on the edge of a creative breakthrough.” In fact, if we focus too much on extrinsic motivation, it can kill our creativity and performance. Motivation.

How To 165

How To Creativity Motivation Learning-by-Doing 165

Strategy Driven

MARCH 5, 2014

What issues would need to be agreed upon for a solution to get group consensus and buy-in? Or implement creative, collaborative change? ! Or implement creative, collaborative change? How will their level of involvement bias the outcome/need or where/if/when a move is necessary? What would be the time factor? All rights reserved.

Creativity 90

Creativity Resistance Consensus Case Study 90

Leading Blog

MARCH 3, 2017

☙ Creativity becomes, in part, about asking the best questions. You have to know more, you have to update what you know more often, and you have to do more creative things with it. ☙ You can’t just show up. You need a plan to succeed. Self-motivation is now so much more important.

Consensus 150

Consensus Technology Construction Ethics 150

RapidStart Leadership

MAY 25, 2017

The friction of ideas and concepts rubbing against each other can produce a spark of creativity that you can’t get in a consensus environment. It’s not the time to get comfortable. It’s the time to seek discomfort. If everyone is thinking alike, then someone is not thinking. Patton Click To Tweet.

Groupthink 130

Groupthink Consensus Tactics Planning 130

Lead from Within

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Do they foster creative thought and innovation? Determine whether the overall approach will be one of seeking consensus among the group’s members or relying on the expertise of those charged with each element. Are we sticking to what we agreed to? What new processes might help us be more effective? Settle on decision-making.

Team 218

Team How To Objective Consensus 218

The Recovering Engineer

JULY 27, 2012

The group problem solver has to build consensus, encourage and inspire others, and create buy-in for a proposed solution. This consensus/inspiration/buy-in piece is often where leaders go wrong as group problem solvers. Set aside your desire to leap to action in the interest of building consensus. Clearly define the problem.

Consensus 191

Consensus Definition Proposal Tools 191

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 23, 2014

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. Your next great business success may arise from the ashes of a slow-forming cross-functional team’s creative failure.

Leadership 285

Leadership Kotter Consensus Diversity 285

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

U2 is further unified by its participative, consensus-oriented decision-making style that gives each member a voice. Develop a participative, consensus-oriented decision-making style that gives people a voice in matters they care about. Give people a voice (this creates shared understanding). When Leaders Live the Vision.

Team 273

Team Consensus Bureaucracy Competitive Advantage 273

Lead from Within

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

In today’s world, you have to rely on consensus and shared ownership rather than any individual point of view—even your own. But perfectionism is a dangerous state of mind in an imperfect world of business and leadership, the enemy of creativity, innovation and effectiveness. Leadership is all about humility. Moving too fast.

Self-aware 167

Self-aware Consensus Uncertainty Creativity 167

Leading Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Committed Leaders are individuals who possess the skill, creativity, dedication and tenacity to move an alliance forward even when it hits the inevitable rough patches. If committed leaders can consistently achieve consensus, they will move the alliance forward. Finding consensus is an art form that alliance leaders must master.”

Consensus 285

Consensus Participative Commitment Teamwork 285

Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 29, 2012

I’ve come to know other organizations that encourage conflict, often as a method of coming to agreement or boosting innovation and creativity. If the team will make final decisions about the things that are in conflict together, decide how it will be made: by majority vote, consensus, by the team leader or some other way?

How To 274

How To Consensus Team Productivity 274

First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 20, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Lessons from the Sandbox: Rediscovering the Keys to Business Success Alan Gregerman Why Great Leaders Don’t Take Yes for an Answer: Managing for Conflict and Consensus Michael A.

Blog 75

Blog Christensen Rogers McKinsey 75

Leading Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

Management consultant Kal Bishop found that with creative teams in particular, larger teams were inclined to seek consensus rather than explore novel ideas. Team members are “more likely to optimize their performance when faced with slightly fewer members than the task at hand requires.”

Team 284

Team Emotional Intelligence Consensus Reputation 284

Lead Change Blog

JULY 3, 2018

Shelley shares: “ We talk a lot about the need to gather information, discuss, debate and gain consensus. Creativity/Inspiration. Getting your employees to go beyond the obvious and adapt to being resilient in the work they perform requires them to be more creative and innovative in how they manage stress and frustration.

Leadership Development 197

Leadership Development Development Leadership Crisis 197

Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

One key to a happy team is to create an environment where people feel free to discuss ideas openly and to disagree with each other before reaching consensus—or, at the very least, a compromise that everyone can live with. A happy team has an inclusive culture.

Motivation 167

Motivation Team Micromanagement Consensus 167

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 10, 2018

This goes back and forth until a consensus is reached on a middle ground, “safe option,” and you both go on your way. Creativity and innovation happens best in an environment of psychological safety where we trust that those we are working with have our best interest in mind.

Consensus 165

Consensus Brainstorming Project Conference 165

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 7, 2013

Guest post from Dennis Bakke: I believe the vast majority of people are creative, trustworthy, and capable of making meaningful decisions at work. I observed that Japanese companies tended to emphasize the group and consensus, while American culture pushed rugged individualism. I believe the advice process strikes a better balance.

Advice 251

Advice Rogers Consensus Education 251

Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 27, 2016

In the case of 2016, there seems to be a common consensus that this was a particularly bad year which many are glad to see come to an end. Of course, what is interesting about these negative impressions regarding this year is that the outcomes that many use to define 2016 as being a particularly ‘bad year’ have yet to be felt.

Long-term 252

Long-term Politics Consensus Learning-by-Doing 252

Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The consensus among these individuals is that when you focus on taking care of your own emotional health, the resulting positivity has a contagious effect, especially when it comes to relationships between leaders and employees. A happier team equates to higher commitment, creativity and productivity.

Strategy 230

Strategy Presenteeism Absenteeism Fashion 230

Talent Anarchy 1

JULY 18, 2017

It causes individual members of the group to unquestioningly follow the word of the leader and it strongly discourages any disagreement with the consensus. By asking this question, he freed people to be more creative. To combat Groupthink requires divergent thinking. But that is much easier said than done.

Groupthink 104

Groupthink Organization Wilde Consensus 104

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

may potentially sabotage a project because of their own biases, restricts outcomes and creativity to a specific set of possibilities, potentially gathers biased or insufficient data from a restricted set of sources, risks alienating those involved with the ultimate fulfillment because there’s insufficient buy-in? The Steps of Collaboration.

Succession 50

Succession Consensus Resistance Proposal 50

Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 24, 2011

A consensus decision – a decision where the leader themselves isn’t making the decision, but truly the full group comes to the decision collectively. Duncan Brodie Reply Sonja Froyen January 26, 2011 at 11:05 am Sometimes leaders forfeit their role in a consensus decision. I completely agree with your other three points!

Consensus 210

Consensus Blog Workshop Learning-by-Doing 210

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2017

Setting aside social, political, and moral reasons for encouraging a more diverse workplace, there is arguably no better incentive for promoting diversity than the premise that diverse teams and organizations are more creative. For all the talk about the importance of creativity, the critical piece is really innovation. Emma Seppala.

Diversity 13

Diversity Creativity Analysis Consensus 13

Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 30, 2019

If you sell, you get creativity.” When I talk to students and young people, I hear something very clearly—they want to use their creativity. There are times when there simply is no time for consensus-building. “If you tell, you get compliance. Tammi Spayde. Be Clear on the Why. They want to be heard.

Servant Leader 56

Servant Leader Consensus Learning-by-Doing Short-term 56

QAspire

MARCH 6, 2013

Employees get actively disengaged and creativity stalls. (By It can be used to build consensus, to educate others or to simply assess progress. All they do is respond to changing priorities and task requests and the relationship between the individual and a leader (or organization) becomes purely transactional.

Critical Success Factor 167

Critical Success Factor Consensus Quality Bottom-up 167

Mike Cardus

MAY 3, 2013

It is tough to have them choose just 1 … and if we can get agreement through consensus the team is doing really great. Trying hard to place some QQT/R metrics on that goal. What is one current barrier that we know of to achieving our goal(s)? In the past when faced with challenges how has the team managed to be successful?

Team 141

Team Company Team Building Executive Coaching 141

Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 26, 2018

Adding diverse directors can be challenging for a leader because of the ensuing creative frictio n. A lead director can make your job much easier because they can run point on sensitive issues, poll the board for concerns, help build consensus, and give you much needed feedback and guidance.

Venture Capitalist 140

Venture Capitalist Chief Financial Officer Committee Diversity 140

Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 4, 2016

I participated in a talent review once where the consensus on one leader was that he had an entitlement complex. But as we gain experience, we start to operate from habit rather than creativity. The more you need to collaborate with others to get your job done, the more important it is. No Entitlement.

Leadership 120

Leadership Consensus eBook Sample 120