Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2019

VIDEO: How to turn a group of strangers into a team by @AmyCEdmondson. Winston Churchill, Groupthink, and the Dardanelles by @michaelaroberto. How to Hold a Remarkably Effective Team Huddle by @LetsGrowLeaders. Leadership Development: It Isn't All About You via @Korn_Ferry by Daniel Goleman. Dejected and Defeated?

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Groupthink. One particularly big problem is known as groupthink , where groups tend to coalesce around the opinions of a powerful leader. To me, it was a clear example of groupthink, ignoring the elephant in the room. I eventually convinced her otherwise, and we developed some plans in the event of problems arising in this area.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2020

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.”. Such a leader will appreciate the level of thinking from empowered teams of experts.

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Mike Cardus

JULY 26, 2020

You and the team can figure these issues out or work through them with little to no outside help. Groupthink: over time, people working together will tend to think the same way, believe the same conclusions and results. Re-checking the information, using different personnel is necessary to avoid stuckness-thinking and groupthink.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 7, 2014

Key Findings: In all six countries studied, the more included employees felt, the more likely they were to propose new ideas and be more supportive of one another (something researchers call team citizenship). In China, employee perceptions of inclusion accounted for 78% of innovation and 71% of team citizenship. Related articles.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2017

In a team this can be detrimental, it means this team member’s expertise is unavailable for the group. When several team members don’t speak freely, groupthink rears its head, sometimes even with catastrophic implications. So what can you as a leader when dealing with an anxious team member? A safe space.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2017

Do team values unite or divide your team? Team Building: Let The Big Dogs Bark First from @JohnBaldoni. Unleashing Creativity And Avoiding Groupthink by Michelle M Smith via @octanner. Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. by @mark_sanborn. JesseLynStoner.

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Leading Blog

MAY 8, 2019

He was simply known as “coach” in part because he was a coach of the Columbia University football team from 1974 to 1979, but mostly for his business mentoring. Campbell worked with individuals, but he coached teams. Coaching is the best way to mold effective people into powerful teams.” Campbell coached people to coach teams.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 20, 2019

This is the subject of Savvy: Navigating Fake Companies, Fake Leaders, and Fake News in the Post-Truth Era by the husband and wife team Shiv B. Computers are programmed no matter how human they seem. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *. Singh and Rohini Luthra.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If you’ve ever agreed to a decision at work even when you believe it to be the worst move your company could make, you need to learn how to avoid groupthink. But what is groupthink? Image credit – Freepik What is Groupthink? Understanding what groupthink is and taking measures to avoid it is essential in any workplace.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 10, 2017

Over time, he quit adding introverts to his team and weeded out those who had joined the team before he took over. He loved having a team of outgoing individuals who didn’t hesitate to share their opinions, even if they had to talk over each other to do so. Include contrarians on every team and listen to what they have to say.

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Chartered Management Institute

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Towards Flexibility and Productivity ; ran a panel event, Shaping the Future of Apprenticeships ; and hosted a skills roundtable in Huddersfield, where West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin acknowledged the value of apprenticeships for career development. We recently published our report on the Apprenticeship Levy 2.0, That work continues.

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 25, 2019

The idea of gathering + listening to information that comes from a wide variety (scanning and diversity); allowing-allotting the team to avoid discussing application or synthesis for as long as possible. The team creates a series of one-word criteria. From the one-word criteria, develop an antonym that goes with each word.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

These are questions that require you to challenge groupthink, conventional wisdom, and your own biases. As any good military commander relentlessly asks about the “end state,” what “mission accomplished” really looks like, you should ask what success means to you, to your team and what it will take to get there. Who will it help?

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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.". Suffice it to say, we dislike consensus-based "Groupthink" as much as the next person. Here's our advice: 1.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 8, 2013

It’s natural to gravitate toward, and develop bonds with, people who look like, talk like, and think like we do. In addition to the well-known dangers of groupthink, when leaders exclude Others , they also exclude the varied perspectives and ideas that could help the leaders make better and more imaginative decisions.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2016

1) Hold yourself and those on your team accountable for full truthfulness instead of what author Ralph Keyes calls “ledger-book” morality. Discourage groupthink and don’t shoot the messenger. 10 things to do to keep “post-truth” from crippling your leadership. 2) Manage paradoxes. Diversity creates dissent, and you need that.

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HR Digest

MAY 11, 2019

The tendency to favor innovative ideas coming from authority figures within innovation teams. A form of groupthink which prevents individuals from thinking independently. Ask yourself: Are you favoring ideas just because other teams do them too? Authority Bias. Take yourself into account. Ambiguity Bias. Bandwagon Bias.

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The Idolbuster

JANUARY 15, 2013

After a few experiments, they pronounced it ready to ship to customers, and did not need to go through a formal development process. Product development is always needed to make a new technology robust enough to work consistently in customer hands. I cringed when I heard the story.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

For years, I puzzled over the huge performance gaps I often saw between teams that, on paper, looked as if they would be equally effective. And what was the secret to both evaluating and enhancing team , rather than individual or organizational, dynamics? What made the difference? You also have to help them work together.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2015

To do that, it’s critical to select the right team members — people who are likely to gel, particularly when the pressure is on. Even the most successful leaders, such as Sir Russell Coutts , who led Oracle Team USA to win America’s Cup in boat racing, admit that this is “one of the hardest things to do.”

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Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 5, 2023

We’ve seen toxic cultures allowed to flourish in large and high-profile organisations, erratic leadership behaviours, groupthink and boardrooms struggling to maintain control. I think my team will be really pleased as well. In 2023, many fell below those standards. Are you on track to become Chartered?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Yale psychologist Irving Janis used the debacle to coin the term “groupthink,” which refers to a psychological drive for consensus at any cost that suppresses dissent and appraisal of alternatives. The team should be broken into sub-groups that would work on alternatives and then reconvene.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2017

This helps teams avoid tunnel vision and groupthink, and gets them thinking more creatively. When something major happens in your industry, encourage teams to share findings and analysis. This is especially important with security teams. Teaming Up.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

You and Your Team Series. Assertive individuals are the ones who can prevent such groupthink by standing up to the pressures of conformity even (or especially) when doing so carries risk. Research has shown that a high sense of duty orientation leads employees to voice their concerns more quickly. Creating an Ethical Workplace.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

They developed a new model that enabled the military to use its size — and its extended network of relationships — as an advantage rather than an impediment. These globally dispersed teams were constantly connected and became the epicenter for creating shared consciousness. 1) Build relationships. 4) Encourage dissent.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2016

You and Your Team Series. We had teams for their business, competitors, customers, and government regulators. I asked each team to list key changes they might make over the next few years, and then I calculated the number of possible scenarios. If it doesn’t, the loners should outperform the crowd. Thinking Strategically.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2016

Most business decisions are collaborative, which mean groupthink and consensus work to compound our individual biases. Behavioral economics shows that providing more complex and ambiguous information does little to help managers and their teams with the main challenges they must overcome to make better decisions. So what can be done?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Consider how much more effective — and less overworked — you are as a leader if you have an A-team to turn to whenever a crisis looms, a deadline threatens, or a massive opportunity knocks. Still, others may help you advance the organization’s goals through their ability to build teams from scratch and coach raw talent.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

That’s the percentage of games the team has won under Meyer as head coach since he joined Ohio State in 2012. To avoid groupthink regarding ethical challenges, organizations should have people in the decision-making process who represent a broad host of stakeholders. Develop routines, rituals, and mantras.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2017

It’s not uncommon to meet a lawyer who’d like to work in renewable energy, or an app developer who’d like to write a novel, or an editor who fantasizes about becoming a landscape designer. Subsidize Your Skill Development. You and Your Team Series. It also helps me perform better at each job. Here’s how.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2013

To overcome “groupthink” start with hiring. Companies like developing their own culture. Fighting groupthink should start at the hiring stage. He tucks the scraps in a drawer, let’s them settle for a year or so, and then pulls them out for a reading over coffee and dessert. It’s pretty funny stuff.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Additionally, you’re more prone to groupthink if you’re not exposed to diverse perspectives and points of view. You and Your Team Series. It’s to fulfill personal curiosity and develop yourself as a person; professional or monetary ROI is a happy coincidence. Networking. How to Get the Most Out of a Conference.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Chirotech specializes in biocatalysis and chemocatalysis, two important subspecialties of biotechnology and chemistry that help develop key biological and chemical intermediates needed for the efficient production of medicines. Polycentric innovation won't work in organizations that promote groupthink.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Here are three key talent management recommendations that should help your team to become more data-driven: 1. Foster critical thinking : While much of the current discussions around data focus on the role of technology and AI, it is really the human side of the equation that will remain the biggest differentiator for teams and organizations.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2017

You can get trapped in a version of groupthink, with a single set of shared relationships. Either way, you can end up without the bandwidth to seek out your own projects or skill development. Don’t leak information from your boss to the team, and don’t pass along off-the-record information from the team to your boss.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

They were often difficult to catch on the phone, noncommittal about deadlines, and understandably had more of an individual, not team-based, approach to their work. The wrong fit can be disastrous, but when the employee fits the role perfectly, the whole team benefits. Rethink employee development and exits.

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