Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2017

In my view, the #1 killer element is groupthink. That phenomenon, first described by Jerry B Harvey in his article ‘The Abilene Paradox’, highlighted his views on consensus inertia. Ensure your team consensus is real, rather than imagined, by regularly reflecting on the values that underpin your declared purpose. What to do now?

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

A team is a small number of people who are committed to working together to achieve the desired goal. Working together includes talking, sharing ideas, debating issues, collaborating, making decisions, establishing goals, providing feedback, and celebrating success. Do all team members embrace the team’s mission, goals, and values?

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Leading Blog

MAY 8, 2019

Best Idea, Not Consensus. The goal of consensus leads to “groupthink” and inferior decisions. Compensating people well demonstrates love and respect and ties them strongly to the goals of the company. There isn’t a head at the Round Table , but there is a throne behind it. Money’s Not Just About the Money.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2012

This is the opposite of groupthink, the creativity-killing phenomenon of too much agreement and too similar perspectives that often paralyzes otherwise great teams. Consensus comes quickly, and only later, when we fail and wonder why, do we realize that the easy agreements and shared conclusions doomed us from the start.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2016

Setting goals (another tool) is aspirational, but making decisions actually drives action. For comparison, goal-setting best practices helped managers achieve expected results only 30% of the time.) Most business decisions are collaborative, which mean groupthink and consensus work to compound our individual biases.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

As General Stan McChrystal, one of the leaders of the military's move to networks, said in a recent TED Talk : "Instead of giving orders, you're now building consensus and you're building a sense of shared purpose.". (3) Conformity creates groupthink, stifling innovation and organizational resilience. 3) Create shared consciousness.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

Its members need the freedom to decide how to achieve goals while also having the discipline to work in alignment with the organization’s strategy. You’ll also want team members who excel in interpersonal dy­namics such as building consensus, giving feedback, communicating in groups, and motivating others.

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