Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Senior managers follow, apparently slavishly, structural change, without a clear vision to underpin it. In my view, the #1 killer element is groupthink. He believed, as I do, that groupthink erodes values; stifles critical thinking, limits creativity; enables undue influence of direction; and, allows inequity of action.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2012

In articles in both the New York Times and The New Yorker earlier this year, the concept of brainstorming as introduced in the 1940's by Alex Osborn has been attacked as ineffective and linked to the concept of " Groupthink.". We have no issue with the importance of the creative individual to generate focused and powerful ideas.

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RapidStart Leadership

MAY 23, 2017

You have to constantly try new things to see what might work better, stimulate more creativity, or create new opportunities. Sometimes just a physical change of location can stimulate creativity and change perspective. Manage time differently. If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. Tackle a book.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

He was convinced that this otherwise entirely pleasant socializing and socialization led invariably to a kind of groupthink among the community of experts. “Thinking outside the box,” is one of the most well-worn clichés in any business or creative endeavor. Managing uncertainty Strategy The Future of Management'

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2017

What Great Managers Do. Exceptional managers find and capitalize on their employees' unique strengths. You can get trapped in a version of groupthink, with a single set of shared relationships. Related Video. Learn how they do it with this 6 minute video slide deck. Download a customizable version in Subscriber Exclusives.

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ExactHire - Leadership

MARCH 8, 2017

Sometimes, senior management doesn’t think core values are a big deal because they think every employee already knows how they are supposed to act to succeed. While the company has been in business since 2007, our management team had some of the same objections that I initially mentioned. Performance management process?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2014

When thinking does not stray from certain parameters, creativity and results are sacrificed. To generate deeper and more creative insights, leaders have to push a group’s thinking beyond the narrow paths that otherwise take hold. Managers need to be mindful of the numerous contributors to path dependence.

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