Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 8, 2017

I’ve heard these words so frequently, in focus groups, in one-on-ones, and even behind closed doors with seasoned managers. If you want to be a great manager, build a reputation of running great meetings, and watch for an immediate improvement in who shows up and what they contribute. . Everyone hates bad meetings.

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Consensus Reputation Focus Group Objective 412

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This can be done through individual interviews or focus group discussions, where the facilitator encourages open and honest conversations. This includes examining the board’s decision-making processes, such as the quality of information provided, the level of analysis and debate conducted, and the level of consensus reached.

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Compliance Risk Management Objective Process 411

Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2020

Those who are driven by their ego, for example, will take center stage and proclaim to have the answers, ignoring or side-lining the experts who could give a more realistic assessment of a situation, managing people’s expectations. During a crisis, leaders must relinquish the belief that a top-down response will engender stability.”

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McKinsey Crisis Emotional Intelligence Self-aware 294

The Practical Leader

MAY 15, 2019

” Get a facilitator outside of your team to run focus groups, conduct confidential interviews, or do a survey of your team or organization to identify and prioritize Moose issues. Many organizations have risk management programs focused on financial, legal, or safety risks. Are you flying into turbulence?

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Open-book Consensus Engineering Brainstorming 92

Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 24, 2021

We’ve both heard these words and so has nearly every manager we’ve ever worked with. Managers get in trouble when they allow these discussions to get mixed up. And then, someone else starts talking about the need for focus groups. Typically, this would be the manager or someone she appoints.

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Consensus Efficiency Training Policies 619

LDRLB

APRIL 13, 2020

Many companies got their mission statement via something like a focus group, maybe a retreat with senior leaders or maybe a series of meetings from a cross-section of people across the company. From there, they drafted a quick statement of “what we do” and begin to brainstorm different ways to phrase it.

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Mission Statement Motivation Long-term Customer Loyalty 120

LDRLB

APRIL 13, 2020

Many companies got their mission statement via something like a focus group, maybe a retreat with senior leaders or maybe a series of meetings from a cross-section of people across the company. From there, they drafted a quick statement of “what we do” and begin to brainstorm different ways to phrase it.

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Mission Statement Motivation Long-term Customer Loyalty 78