Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2020

Transpersonal Leadership is a concept that my colleagues and I at LeaderShape Global have been developing for over 10 years. The next area to consider is the crucial importance of distributed Leadership, which follows naturally from the transpersonal perspective. Anybody can travel the path to Transpersonal Leadership.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 25, 2016

The call for greater diversity at senior leadership levels is not new, although it has itself become more inclusive, extending beyond gender, race and ethnicity, to encompass age, education, socioeconomic background and sexual orientation, as well as experience, skills and talent. Picking up the pace. McKinsey & Co.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 21, 2020

First, make sure that you and your top leadership don’t indulge in backstabbing or blame games. To avoid forced consensus, take generational and background diversity in job candidates into account. Broad diversity also discourages clique-forming by a majority group, actually strengthening the bonds of your teams.

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QAspire

MARCH 23, 2021

“Tomorrow’s management systems will need to value diversity, dissent and divergence as highly as conformance, consensus and cohesion.” Updated: Visual Leadership Pack of 55+ HD Sketchnotes. What makes the matters even worse is the culture of punishing those who speak up. ” – Gary Hamel.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 18, 2016

Guest post from Joel Peterson : For the past decade, I’ve been privileged to teach a leadership course at Stanford with Professor Charles O’Reilly. Their leadership styles are similarly variable. Some lead by charisma, others by consensus building. As diverse as they are, I’ve found that leaders do have certain things in common.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2015

Welcome to the April 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival. of Germane Consulting submitted 5 Ways Women Redefine Leadership. She shares: “Women have improved and redefined leadership in a number of important ways, which men have also adopted. Bruce says, “Appreciation is a powerful leadership tool.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 28, 2018

When people take chances to bet against the consensus as Dalio does, there is a high probability that they may be wrong. He delves for diverse conclusions and the reasoning behind this diversity. Leaders welcome dissenting views because they often illuminate blind spots. Dalio makes sure he practices this humble approach.

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Mark Sanborn

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Leadership, especially at the C-level, is a journey of high-stakes decisions and complex challenges. Embrace Diverse Opinions: Consult individuals with different perspectives, including team members and external advisors. Foster Healthy Debate: Cultivate an environment where diverse viewpoints are valued and encouraged.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

For the third part of this month-long series celebrating the release of my first leadership book (which will be available in bookstores and online retailers next Thursday, September 25th), “ Leadership Vertigo ”, co-written with S. Honesty is selected more often than any other leadership characteristic. Kouzes and Barry Z.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The study suggests that while dominant individuals can elicit certain behaviors and outcomes through force, passive leaders are better at deriving consensus within the group. When it comes to bringing peers to consensus during more sophisticated tasks, it is the least aggressive individuals that exert the greatest influence.”

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The researchers quizzed staff from high and low in the education system across a couple of states whose education systems had very different cultures, one being known for data-driven standards and the other preferring consensus-building. Without this, deep human dynamics can be exacerbated and change undermined.

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Lead from Within

MAY 9, 2019

Start early: It can take time to find and prepare a promising candidate for a leadership role. Engage senior leaders: It’s essential to have consensus among the CEO and senior leadership team about the importance of proactive leadership development and succession planning. The Deception Trap of Leadership.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 26, 2018

And diverse boards are best. Adding diverse directors can be challenging for a leader because of the ensuing creative frictio n. Because outside investment usually comes with board participation, you may not have the diversity you need. Use your independent board selections to add diversity.

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QAspire

MARCH 6, 2013

Be clear about the purpose of having the face time: Conversations can easily take diversions if they are not done purposefully. It can be used to build consensus, to educate others or to simply assess progress. Face time can be used to inspire others or simply inform them. It can be used to gather intelligence or to take decisions.

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Brian Tracy's Leadership Success

MARCH 23, 2017

It is important to develop leadership styles that suit different situations. Great leaders choose leadership styles based on the circumstances and the end goal. Here are the 5 leadership styles you should develop to inspire your team to deliver their peak performance. Leadership Style 1: The Structural Leader.

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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. Good leadership helps. Too much diversity is problematic. You and Your Team Series.

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CO2

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

The early engagement, building of trust, developed shared mental models, and cognitive diversity will lead to a more cogent and successful change effort. They lean toward asking questions and building consensus, rather than making huge changes and trying to tell and sell stakeholders later. Penny for your thoughts?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

Expectations run high when a family looks to its young members to take the necessary steps to assume leadership and/or ownership of the family enterprise. This includes having values-driven behavior, open communication, constructive expression of emotion, appreciation for the diversity of skills and interests, and so on.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 16, 2023

So, the question is, what is the smallest number of people who can attend but still provide you with good, diverse, and informed input from those who have a stake in the decision? A team makes the decision through consensus. Consensus is often misunderstood. If we can come to a consensus by then, that would be great.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2018

PR practitioners need to be keenly attuned to what their brands’ strategies are and how their campaigns can be perceived, but they’ll be hard-pressed to do so if they don’t become more diverse and inclusive themselves. What seems to be changing is that clients are mandating more diversity and inclusion on their accounts.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 15, 2015

It's possible to use content to facilitate the non-solution-focused consensus and change issues readers must attend to as they ready themselves to make a purchase. I offer links that tie in to my books /services: I've written about diversity, leadership, collaboration, questions. It’s The Consensus, Stupid*.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 29, 2015

There is often not enough diversity to enable maximum creativity and unrestricted solution options. Gender, age, and ethnic diversity are necessary. Management and Leadership Best Practice 1 – Open, Honest, Timely Communications during Times of Uncertainty. Management and Leadership – Managing Your Virtual Team.

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Women's Leadership Exchange

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

" Less than 2 weeks ago, Dr. Faust's name came up on a conference call of the Women's Leadership Exchange (WLE) Multicultural Advisory Board, chaired by Marilyn Johnson of IBM. Whle acknowledging Dr. Faust as an outstanding scholar, the article said that she is an excellent administrator, with a management style that builds consensus.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Then again, there may be times when an authoritative style of leadership is called for. Sometimes there just isn’t time for lengthy debate or consensus building. It was a miserable experience and my observations from the experience were two-fold: 1) Good leadership means listening to others. Not a pretty picture.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

They recognize the value of inclusion and diversity and believe it’s the right thing to aspire to. Diversity, on the other hand, spurs innovation. They have to in order to communicate and to reach consensus with others who may not share the same experiences or perspectives. PATRIK STOLLARZ/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

The general consensus among historians is that Washington was a mediocre military strategist at best. However, a recent study in the Academy of Management Journal cast some doubt on that consensus. Leadership Strategy' General Washington decided not to impose a battlefield strategy on his field commanders.

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Lead from Within

AUGUST 27, 2020

Brainstorming depends on combining knowledge and skills, and it works best with a diverse group. Bring the full group together: After you’ve allowed people to process and finalized the group, bring everyone together to discuss the most promising ideas and begin working toward a consensus. The Leadership Gap.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2018

Maybe your company tells people to be consensus-builders, but promotes people who are solely authoritative decision makers (behavior-practices gap). Likewise, inspirational leadership, the repetition of value statements, and letting people be themselves are important, but they are by-products of a healthy culture, not the drivers of one.

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Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Leadership is not an easy task, and even the best leaders are susceptible to errors in thinking that can hinder decision-making and, ultimately, organizational success. Recognizing and avoiding these pitfalls can significantly enhance leadership effectiveness. His teaches leaders and teams how to be extraordinary.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2013

The recent toppling of Australia''s first female prime minister, Julia Gillard , continues to raise questions about women and leadership. So, when do we know it''s about the gender and not about the leadership? ">My To paraphrase Gillard, gender explained something about leadership but did not explain everything.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2016

Research we conducted at the Center for Talent Innovation reveals a remarkable correlation between inclusive leadership, innovative output, and market growth. Leaders with acquired diversity , our US data shows, are more likely to behave in ways that unlock the innovative potential of their entire team.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Mistake #1: The content focuses on “thought leadership” Most marketers would describe their current content strategy as an effort to demonstrate “thought leadership” in their industry. Recent CEB research indicates an average of 5.4 customer stakeholders are involved in a typical B2B purchase.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2016

He knew she was expecting a promotion to the senior leadership team, but she just didn’t seem ready. See the value in collaborative leadership. Managers should keep in mind that a collaborative leadership model does have benefits. She clearly was a workhorse, but he didn’t know if she’d ever be ready to lead.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

A drive to achieve consensus and prevent outright conflict. But they have not successfully leveled the playing field or created the kind of true diversity that any great organization needs to thrive. We need women in leadership positions not only because they can manage as well as men but because they manage differently than men.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2012

Furthermore, we agree that, used improperly, Osborn's process of brainstorming can promote consensus, not collaboration. Suffice it to say, we dislike consensus-based "Groupthink" as much as the next person. Assemble a Diverse Team. Here's our advice: 1. Focus on Roles: The Client, the Facilitator, and Resources.

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Experience to Lead

JANUARY 31, 2022

Research and interviews with diverse practitioners for our 2021 L&D Report affirm that purpose can powerfully drive value creation. However, our research indicates that organizational learning, leadership development and the L&D function have rarely been central to defining or driving purpose in organizations.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

And new models of leadership are emerging from some unlikely places. Four strategies were at the core of this transformation: build relationships, establish shared purpose, create shared consciousness, and foster diversity. (1) Is it possible? Can organizations be both agile and scalable? There's some good news. First, the science.

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