Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2017

That phenomenon, first described by Jerry B Harvey in his article ‘The Abilene Paradox’, highlighted his views on consensus inertia. He believed, as I do, that groupthink erodes values; stifles critical thinking, limits creativity; enables undue influence of direction; and, allows inequity of action. Then act on that feedback.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 15, 2014

decision makers for each sale, and ‘unknown’ influencers. Yet there is no difference between ‘decision makers’ and ‘influencers’. If you want to move and your daughter is in her last year of high school, is she a decision maker or an influencer? Then you can influence the entire decision path, not just the back end.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

By and large, the consensus suggests that remote work improves our wellbeing by giving us a better work-life balance and lower stress by removing our commute and giving us more control over our lives. For instance, if managers regularly send emails late at night, this behavior will trickle down to the team.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

“We know that the way you share information has influence on the wellbeing of trust. “In the public sphere, for example, the lack of consensus from state leaders as they receive new information is something that might confuse people, who may initially perceive leaders as being on the ‘same government team.”

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 17, 2021

The results reveal a clear divide between policymakers, who typically aligned around specific priorities, and the private sector, where no such consensus emerged. “As Among the private sector, however, no real consensus emerged, with several options equally popular.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 5, 2016

Most of you are really good at what you do: as influencers, sellers, coaches, change agents, or leaders, your intuition, excellent skills, and history of success guide your ability to facilitate change for your clients. We’re all in the business of influencing, or attempting to get what we want. Facilitating Choice.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

Leaders must paint a broad and complete picture for their team, providing the perspective that enables them to understand the meaning, repercussions and influences of their decision-making. Reaching a consensus. Washington made sure his officers recognized the importance of their actions. Endless discussion is almost never a solution.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The researchers conducted a number of experiments with several hundred participants, all looking to explore how our peers influence our willingness to punish other people for misdemeanors of varying severity. New research from Brown University explores whether our peers can have a similar impact. ” Adaptive conformity. .

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Terry Starbucker

APRIL 8, 2012

Failure to Decide – If the buck is going to stop with us, then we need the courage to make timely decisions, regardless of consensus or the lack of 100% of the information needed to make them. The key learning here is to fully grasp the concept of “opportunity cost” – the cost of NOT doing something in favor of something else.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 11, 2022

What’s more, in order to reach a consensus, such teams must also take these perspectives into account. The researchers conducted six experiments to examine the role of perspective-taking, and indeed the perception of it among consumers, and how it influenced consumer behavior. Taking perspectives.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 26, 2017

This work is challenging and can be further compounded by the direct and indirect realism for members of our teams based on previous experiences to which we’ve have no control, and the sometimes false testimonial influence it represents. The four gears of success include: a team consensus in the shared vision.

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Chartered Management Institute

MARCH 21, 2011

There is an increasing consensus that decisions should be made lower down the organisation. It seems reasonable to assume that communications technology will play a massive part in achieving this more 'bottom up' approach to management. New research looks into what kind of technology helps to achieve this and what kinds do not.

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Influence Consensus Bottom-up Technology 72

The Recovering Engineer

JULY 27, 2012

The group problem solver has to build consensus, encourage and inspire others, and create buy-in for a proposed solution. This consensus/inspiration/buy-in piece is often where leaders go wrong as group problem solvers. Set aside your desire to leap to action in the interest of building consensus. Clearly define the problem.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 21, 2022

In a high-stakes, high expectations, and fast-moving portfolio company environment, is it realistic to settle for a humble consensus leader whose character likely doesn’t match your stereotype? The final decision will be heavily influenced by personality compatibility with you and your private equity company management team.

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Engaging Leader

DECEMBER 14, 2015

On Engaging Leader, we’ve often discussed how 21st-century teams require going beyond traditional command-and-control leadership (which I call Influence 2.0) to a more interactive mode that I call “engagership” or Influence 3.0. One crucial principle of Influence 3.0 is delegating authority for planning and decisions.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Negotiators who understand the most common decision rules — majority rule, chair-decides, and consensus — are more likely to get their way.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2016

We need the right balance between authority vs. autonomy, consensus vs. direct decision-making, and friendly vs. firm. For more on mastering these strategies, check out my free Weaving Influence webinar tomorrow, Dec. Our environments are more collaborative. On top of that, there are so many different models of leadership out there.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

In the section that reviewed scholarly research, he wrote that over the last hundred years of scientific inquiry, there has not been a consensus on the definitions of, or a general theoretical model for, leadership or organizational culture. First, I recently read the Doctoral Dissertation of Jon Rugg, Ph.D. Are you with us?

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Exert your influence. Finally, leadership requires influence to be successful. Persuasive leaders know how to build consensus and see their point of view. Engage them in conversation, ask questions and talk to them about your successes. People follow leaders they believe in.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Most teams lead by consensus, the lowest common denominator. Image source Every team has a few passionate leaders chomping at the bit to create the future. But, dead weight weighs them down. I believe in leading with teams but struggle with drifters, underperformers, and the fearful who hold organizations back.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

It can lead to miscommunication, misjudging the other party’s motives, inability to reach consensus, and more. Still, other studies showed that similarity, also called affiliation, is a primary factor that influences personal human connection – the building of rapport between individuals. Diffuse Tension Before It Escalates.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Success with the program will require consensus across the Member States, but the paper highlights how divisive the cosmopolitan/communitarian divide can be in meeting the targets set. “The results show that political ideology is also highly influential in shaping attitudes towards climate policy.

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Mark Sanborn

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Groupthink: The Consensus Conundrum The Trap: The desire for group harmony can lead to unchallenged decision-making and potentially flawed outcomes. Assess Competencies Separately: Evaluate individual skills and traits on their own merits, rather than being influenced by a general positive impression.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Despite its influence in popularizing ESG investing, the topic remains controversial with mixed academic consensus and political debate in the U.S. It demonstrated that focusing on financially material ESG (environmental, social, and governance) factors positively impacts portfolio returns and shareholder value.

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CO2

JULY 13, 2013

” Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People. “To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. Oftentimes, being driven by consensus of the group leads you into the trap that Thatcher describes. by Calvin Guyer Here are five key leadership failures: 1.

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Consensus Leadership Emotional Intelligence Executive Coaching 145

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 17, 2013

Revere knew people and how to influence them. He also knew how to build consensus to accomplish common goals, and had established a regional reputation as a man of his word who could be trusted to get things done. Revere took initiative in guiding a collaborative solution.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 16, 2017

Applying technology to provide easy access for societal dialog has the promise of peer-to-peer co-creation of knowledge and rapid consensus solution-building. Today, a number of emails strengthen relationships, build careers, enhance influence through effective online communication. Related articles. Multitasking Pitfalls.

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LDRLB

MARCH 27, 2013

The leader seeks to control a situation and hold onto his or her power, rather than seeking to achieve goals by being influenced by others while also seeking to influence others. However, convey that asking for input doesn’t mean you will necessarily agree or that decisions will be made by consensus.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

In either case, our personality preferences and past experiences have a strong influence on how we make decisions. Slow decision makers who are driven by how others will feel about the decision, look for and desire a consensus decision making process. Some of us are quick to decide while others take a much longer time to decide.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2015

Jesse Lyn Stoner of the Seapoint Center provided Collaboration Does Not Require Consensus. Jesse summarized: “Pushing for consensus when it’s not needed actually makes collaboration more difficult. shared Influence, Persuasion, and Manipulation. In the article, Miki discusses Influence, persuasion, manipulation.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 6, 2019

Identify the factors that are influencing individuals as well as the group as a whole. Build consensus with the team. Get back to people who have suggested ideas to you and thank them. Look for opportunities to collaborate with others. When Persuading The Unpersuaded : Pay attention to the situation. Find common ground.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

Management consultant Kal Bishop found that with creative teams in particular, larger teams were inclined to seek consensus rather than explore novel ideas. Team members are “more likely to optimize their performance when faced with slightly fewer members than the task at hand requires.”

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Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

Principle #6 – Consensus. Look for ways to lead with consistency and consensus, and your products – and the customers that use them – will reap the benefits. People are more likely to oblige requests from people they like and know well, and we tend to like those who are similar and those who give compliments, and cooperate well.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 2, 2021

What are the circles of influence? Who has influence with peers? A consensus of the largest percentage of people? Who drives discussion? What are the expectations regarding the “need to know”? Communication is key in any organization so, as leaders, we must understand the way it occurs. The real power structure.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 15, 2019

As leader, when you’re trying to build a team consensus or get the team’s input, hold back your opinion until you’ve heard from everyone. Identify those things you or your team directly control, can influence, and don’t control at all. Do the same for things you can influence.

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The Practical Leader

JULY 26, 2023

When you’re trying to build a team consensus or get the team’s input, hold back your opinion until you’ve heard from everyone. Identify those things your team directly controls, can influence, and doesn’t control at all. .” Personal development with an external coach.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 18, 2016

Some work their magic from positions of informal influence, others from the top spot on an organizational chart. Some lead by charisma, others by consensus building. Some are funny, others humorless. Their leadership styles are similarly variable. Some are visionaries, others are tacticians.

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