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? Respect is earned by honoring commitments and doing the right thing regardless of opinion, sentiment, or influence. The strongest teams don’t weed out or neutralize individual tendencies, they capitalize on them.

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Deming Institute

OCTOBER 12, 2017

The project had been operational for a few months when I joined so the foundation had already been poured. At one point, I suggested that we revisit our project governance – the operational guide, how it was implemented, and whether the team followed it – but this was a mature team and the general consensus was that everyone knew what to do.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

Stars typically feel connected to the organization because they have power or influence. Navy One example of a leader who intentionally developed a Connection Culture using all three bridges is Admiral Vern Clark, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 2000 until his retirement in 2005. Core employees typically don’t feel connected.

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HR Digest

MAY 20, 2024

Last month, the Tennessee Volkswagen UAW vote resulted in a 73 percent consensus to join the union and was expected to be the start of a clean sweep across states where the campaign went next. We’ve seen it play out this way every single time a foreign automaker plant has been unionized; not one of those plants remains in operation.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Eighteen months earlier, he’d made arguably the worst decision he ever made, to support an ill-conceived covert operation to unseat Fidel Castro, known today as the Bay of Pigs fiasco. President Kennedy’s redesign of his decision making process has had enormous influence on today’s management thinking on leading teams.

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Groupthink Janis Consensus After Action Review 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2011

Have you ever wondered if a person's childhood experiences influence the way they operate as a professional later in life? They may react negatively to consensus building on the job and gravitate towards leaders who operate independently and exude an aura of confidence.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Decades of scientific research confirm the obvious: Patients who undergo complicated operations fare worse when their hospitals or surgeons rarely perform them. (In That experience will include shared decision making, to ensure that both scientific evidence and patient preferences influence decisions about surgery.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2016

Research has shown that leaders’ decision making, communication style, and dark-side tendencies are influenced by the geographical region in which they operate. In order to ascend the organizational ranks, such leaders must seek consensus on decisions and drive others through a keen process orientation. Decision Making.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2015

I have grouped the toughest obstacles to change — those considered to be serious and holding us back — into five categories: Slow or stalled decision-making caused by internal politics, competing priorities, or attempting to reach consensus. Freedom to experiment vs. absolute compliance to rules and processes.

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Company ROI Resistance Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2017

While anyone’s choice will be influenced by a host of factors, from work-life balance to salary considerations to company culture, our research suggests that one factor to consider carefully is the extent to which the role is crucial to the organization’s mission.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

A drive to achieve consensus and prevent outright conflict. Could more women in positions of influence have better insulated the global economy from its near implosion? We need women who operate as managers, not just as employees or critics; who are as competitive for themselves as they are for their children.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

At the moment, there seems to be little consensus on just how the two differ and which differences matter most. And it will influence the long-term future of the U.S. It should be drawn as a question of growth strategy and economic policy, ensuring that Western companies retain their license to operate in the future global economy.

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How To GDP Finance Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2016

There was a consensus that CSR focuses more on boosting employee morale than addressing the way a company engages with society’s concerns. However, in a situation such as this, trust is only built when you are willing to step out of your comfort zone and operate with radical transparency. Apply world-class management.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

If a patient crashes, the telemetry will share the most pertinent information required with the nurses, doctors, operating room, medical tech, and family on a prioritized need-to-know basis. Monetary, non-monetary, and consensus exchanges are three common forms of value exchange.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2018

We started working with the management and staff of the perioperative unit in 2014 to develop a more systematic, long-term approach for improving patient handoffs from the operating room (OR) to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). We evaluated initial progress by surveying care providers and asking what could be further improved.

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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. Farmers must also grow more on the land they currently operate through what is called “sustainable intensification.”

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2018

Modern data science emerged in tech, from optimizing Google search rankings and LinkedIn recommendations to influencing the headlines Buzzfeed editors run. How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. burakpekakcan/Getty Images. Among other things, I’ve asked them about what their jobs entail.

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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. The cultures of organizations are never monolithic.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Around the world, though, many countries still have domestic payment networks that operate as not-for-profit platforms. There are hundreds of them (almost 1,000 by one count) around the world, competing with each other for membership and influence. MasterCard IPO’d in 2006, and Visa followed two years later.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

Otpor might have been a protest group, but it operated as if it was a startup company marketing a product. As Nocera pointed out, “Occupy protesters were purposely — even proudly — rudderless, eschewing leadership in favor of broad, and thus vague, consensus.”

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Before the financial crisis ushered in the current global economic downturn, there was a strong intellectual consensus among mainstream economists and policymakers about the merits of free trade. This highlights how often the foreign operations of companies have been harmed during the crisis era.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

It recognizes this new reality will spell decline for some commercial activities, but growth for others who find better ways of operating. identify key stakeholders that have an influence on the organization (73%). identify key stakeholders that have an influence on the organization (73%). engage in effective dialogue (75%).

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

What if you upgraded your IT network to a new operating system that promised faster, better and leaner results — only to find that the vast majority of your leaders did not have the necessary competencies to use that new system? At Hay Group, our research suggests that many companies are now stuck in that metaphorical boat.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Doing so entails operating more efficiently or innovating to create products that consumers value more. This expert consensus is incompatible with our subjects’ view of profit as almost necessarily coming at the expense of others. They may need reminders of their enormous collective power and influence.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

In the board room, directors influence one another in a peer-to-peer setting. Families usually operate by consensus and make decisions based on their impact on legacy and stewardship. Eventually there was a majority of outside members on the board, and the influence of family owners began to wane.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2012

It involves too many people When a strategic plan needs to finely calibrate the moves of loosely controlled business units and achieve consensus, then it often makes sense to include a wide range of stakeholders in the discussions. Industry upheaval often calls for tough choices, and consensus will not be possible.

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Strategy CEO Strategic Planning Consensus 14

Experience to Lead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Whether you’re the CEO of an internationally recognized conglomerate or the small business owner working to build a team fit for success, knowing who you are and what kind of influence you want to have on the people around you is the first step to becoming an effective leader. In the words of Martin Luther King Jr., “A

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Development Leadership Consensus Leadership Styles 52

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

Designers are problem solvers, and this worldview has enabled them to move from the world of making objects into the world of defining strategy and influencing consumer behavior. You should understand the solution''s cultural impact, its technological and operational feasibility, and its viability in your business.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Despite our best efforts, most organizations operate disjointedly. However, actions are influenced at the grassroots. It may be possible to create alignment among the leadership team, but that consensus will break down once the individual members return to their working groups. These are all synchronized systems.

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Organization Airlines Prahalad Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Despite our best efforts, most organizations operate disjointedly. However, actions are influenced at the grassroots. It may be possible to create alignment among the leadership team, but that consensus will break down once the individual members return to their working groups. These are all synchronized systems.

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Organization Airlines Prahalad Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

There is general consensus that a major solution lies in better managing and preventing adult chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart failure. Lauri Rotko/Folio Images/Getty Images. The United States spends 40% more per patient than other developed countries but suffers the worse overall health outcomes.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Good consultants build consensus and unify management focus, they do not splinter opinion. If your marketing doesn’t uphold your brand promise or if it’s not advancing core business initiatives, then you have an alignment issue. Thanks for sharing Tom. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

TopRank Marketing TopRank Marketing has been doing innovative and impactful work with interactive content and B2B influencers for huge brands like SAP, Dell, LinkedIn, 3M, and Oracle for over 18 years. By using influencer marketing, good people, and top-notch writers, they always strive to be one step ahead of the competition.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 16, 2020

Despite the consensus that change is required, however, the lack of political cooperation on the matter results in little real progress being made. Undocumented residents have a positive influence and impact on the economy, since they pay taxes and fees and constitute an important part of the labor market, ” the researchers say.

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Human Capital Crisis Politics Policies 86

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

If people try to be democratic about everything, they’ll end up in endless meetings and debates, and struggle to reach consensus. Differences in convictions, cultural values, and operating norms inevitably add complexity to collaborative efforts. Learn more about the science of influence at GoToMeeting. About the Author.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2018

A CEO could be forgiven for thinking it’s safest to only weigh in on political issues that affect operational and strategic goals, industry dynamics, or a company’s regulatory and policy landscape. economy seems to be approaching full employment, employees have more influence over whether and how their leaders speak out.

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CEO Politics Policies Survey 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2014

Places full of highly mobile and in-demand workers operate more democratically. Third, and even tricker to manage, effective leaders are given credit for their political skills, both as they rise through the organization and as they operate at the top. But having hired such talent, organizations face a challenge. How do they do that?

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