Leading Blog

MAY 8, 2019

He helped to build some of Silicon Valley’s greatest companies including Google, Apple, and Intuit and to create over a trillion dollars in market value. The best coach for any team is the manager who leads that team. Being a good coach is essential to being a good manager and leader. Best Idea, Not Consensus.

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Consensus Groupthink COO Mentor 236

Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Examples: A CEO ignores market research that suggests a new product will not be well-received because he or she firmly believes it’s a good idea. A manager only listens to team members who agree with them, neglecting diverse opinions that could offer a new perspective. Also know as “throwing good money after bad money.”

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Dunning Consensus Groupthink Charisma 86

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Many of us are familiar with the hazards of Groupthink - when teams or organizations operate on autopilot and feel a general false sense of invulnerability. In some rare cases, individuals are able to push back against team consensus and help organizations recognize and proactively respond to changes in the competitive landscape.

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Groupthink Team Consensus Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2017

Taken together, all of us establish a “consensus” view on the markets. And most of my asset manager clients were looking for something different: “Give me a contrarian perspective.” ” In other words, they didn’t want to hear the groupthink.

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Career Groupthink Banking Video 8

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. Everyone is just like us — say, marketers or engineers. Assembling and managing diverse teams is hard work. We've all been on these teams.

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Diversity Creativity Team Groupthink 14