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It’s The Consensus, Stupid*

Strategy Driven

One of the first things they must do is assemble the complete Buying Decision Team to garner the consensus necessary for change. An external solution is considered only when there is consensus that an internal problem can’t be resolved with familiar resources. We are not facilitating consensus as it’s unique and systemic.

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Five Ways Leaders Turns Doubters into Doers

Chart Your Course

said, “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus.”. Use meetings and internal communications – emails, newsletters, flyers – to explain the changes in a positive light. , but was improperly communicating the message so that employees would understand the change. As Martin Luther King Jr.

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The One GRAND Leadership Illusion That Sinks Organizations & Performance

The Empowered Buisness

The Real Problem Is Your Leadership “Map.”. The distortion in thinking and perceptions –based on mental maps – creates over 80% of the problems at a leadership and organizational level. While your leadership mental maps can actually create many problems in your organization, let’s look at 2 common examples. This meme ….

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Do They See the Leader You’re Trying to Be?

The Practical Leader

” Their Perceptions Are My Leadership Reality Key to leadership development is understanding how others see me. In his latest newsletter, Joe Folkman draws from Zenger Folkman’s 360 database to provide keys for Staying In The Learning Zone. ” The doctor said, “Good! Are You in The Learning Zone?

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Trait-centered Leadership vs. Servant Leadership

Strategy Driven

Much of what is written about leadership falls into the category I call 'trait-centered leadership': someone deemed 'at the top' who uses his/her personality, influence, and charisma to inspire and give followers – possibly not ready for change - a convincing reason to follow an agenda set by the leader or the leader's boss.

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Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision? Five Keys to.

Kevin Eikenberry

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Do You Really Need a Meeting to Make a Decision? A consensus decision – a decision where the leader themselves isn’t making the decision, but truly the full group comes to the decision collectively.

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Resistance to Guidance: Why Sales, Coaching, and Leadership Practices Falter

Strategy Driven

As outsiders, it’s unlikely we can acquire the historic knowledge and consensus from all relevant insiders, or design the new rules for systemic change, for our ideas or solutions to gain broad acceptance throughout the system. You just finished reading Resistance to Guidance: Why Sales, Coaching, and Leadership Practices Falter !