Consensus Finance Operations Process 
N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 12, 2010
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.
N2Growth Blog
DECEMBER 22, 2010
If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best? What I like to refer as “positional gaps&# are best closed by listening to all sides, finding common ground and then letting the principle of doing the right thing guide the process.
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Harvard Business Review
APRIL 28, 2015
A further survey of 500 college-educated individuals in professional careers supported this finding and identified inclusiveness in the decision-making process as the key differentiator of leadership. Note that this inclusive process is not decision-making by committee or by consensus.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 7, 2016
There is strong academic consensus that climate change–driven water scarcity, rising global temperatures, and extreme weather will have severe long-term effects on crop yields. First and foremost, farmers, trading companies, and other processing groups (Big Food in particular) need to commit to deforestation-free supply chains.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 15, 2013
While there is universal agreement that (1) it exists, and (2) that it plays a crucial role in shaping behavior in organizations, there is little consensus on what organizational culture actually is, never mind how it influences behavior and whether it is something leaders can change. Culture is a process of "sense-making" in organizations.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 8, 2015
” In order to chart the best way forward, you must understand emerging trends: what they are, what they aren’t, and how they operate. Backdoors are lines of code developers intentionally install in firmware so that manufacturers can safely upgrade our devices and operating systems. Blockchain. Quantum computing.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 10, 2017
Intense pressure from the $719 billion Medicare program on the finances of U.S. Some health system executives are developing possible pathways for improving operations for achieving anywhere from 5% to 15% expense reductions, based on forecasts of cost elements both in the care process and in administration.
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