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July 2021 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the July 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Development. Communication. It is “Heart” work!

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How Do I Figure Out My Blind Spot and Hidden Motivations? #AskingForaFriend

Let's Grow Leaders

Embrace the idea that diverse cognitive styles, such as those of the operator, strategist, rainmaker, visionary, tech futurist, and orchestrator, are all crucial for a balanced and effective team. This will help you see situations from multiple angles and prevent groupthink.

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Creating and Leading High Performing Teams

Lead Change Blog

It takes time to develop trust, learn to collaborate, and understand each other’s thinking styles and behavior patterns. That can result in groupthink. Some basic operating rules related to communications include: One person speaks at a time. Teams, like personal relationships, go through stages. Say what’s on your mind.

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Are You Ready for Recovery?

Leading Blog

A S a McKinsey & Company article stated in late March 2020: “What leaders need during a crisis is not a predefined response plan but behaviors and mindsets that will prevent them from overreacting to yesterday’s developments and help them look ahead.”. Here is one example from a leader. Which might yours be?

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Originals or How Non-Conformists Move the World

Leading Blog

Developing Original Ideas. Dealing with Groupthink. Cohesion in a group doesn’t cause groupthink. There’s a fine line between having a strong culture and operating like a cult.” Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *. Our audience needs more exposure to accept them.

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Five highlights from the 2023 CMI President’s Dinner

Chartered Management Institute

We’ve seen toxic cultures allowed to flourish in large and high-profile organisations, erratic leadership behaviours, groupthink and boardrooms struggling to maintain control. Scroll for more Shortcut to start of content The public expects institutions and big businesses to show high standards of leadership and management.

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How John F. Kennedy Changed Decision Making for Us All

Harvard Business Review

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. Two days later, the group presents the fully developed alternatives to President Kennedy, who chooses to pursue the blockade.