Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Sadly, despite our good intentions, that’s an unreachable goal. Biases can be managed and minimized but total elimination is highly unlikely given the brain thing that’s going on. Groupthink says it’s brash extroverts that make the company thrive. Therein lies the problem. Bias mistake #1: Believing we’re not biased.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 8, 2013

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. Meet with the diversity manager to ask how you can contribute toward the organization’s diversity goals.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 7, 2015

Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Herminia Ibarra Leadership Leadership Books' Allocate less time to what you do best to devote more time to learning other things that are also important. Thanks to the book''s publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Allocate less time to what you do best to devote more time to learning other things that are also important.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Resolving the first issue requires getting your employees to learn more about the way they think… a tall order for managers. A key element of creativity is bringing existing knowledge to bear on a new problem or goal. The more people who can engage with that problem or goal, the more knowledge that is available to work on it.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Given that group membership is such a deeply rooted part of human nature and organizational success, a central element of leadership is the management of group identities. When a person starts to identify with a group, it triggers a fundamental shift in their goals. Set superordinate goals.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2016

Managers make about three billion decisions each year, and almost all of them can be made better. The stakes for doing so are real: decisions are the most powerful tool managers have for getting things done. Setting goals (another tool) is aspirational, but making decisions actually drives action. One reason is history.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2018

CtW Investment Group, an activist shareholder group, requested that Amazon implement something much like the “Rooney Rule,” a requirement instituted by the NFL in 2003 that every team must interview at least one minority candidate for an open head coach or general manager position.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2013

Best practice companies also communicate widely about corporate goals and priorities to unify everyone. So, managers and employees need to foster collaboration, trust, personal relationships, fun, and support. However, these are all manageable and the benefits of positive relationships far outweigh any negative outcomes.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2015

Resolving that tension involves balancing individuals’ agendas and the goals of the group. Others, perhaps driven by their own narcissism, pick people who are like them, which kills diversity and breeds groupthink. How tools are changing the way we manage, learn, and get things done. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

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RapidStart Leadership

MAY 23, 2017

If your goals involve growth, that’s not the way of the future. Manage time differently. But after a while, even the best ones can descend into groupthink and lose their creative edge. It’s also about pushing, challenging, experimenting, questioning the old , trying new things, or new combinations of old things.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

managers and nearly half of UK managers say they want to sponsor a “producer,” a go-getter who hits deadlines and offers 24/7 support. Loyalty is even more important, with 37% of male managers and 36% of female managers saying that this is the key attribute in a protégé. According to our research, a third of U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

A sizable literature in management and psychology helps us understand how people become susceptible to moral biases and make choices that are inconsistent with their values and the values of their organizations. Make it a group effort.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

MARCH 7, 2019

Sure, I have some goals. It’s very easy to get caught up in groupthink. By Rodger Dean Duncan PhD with Frank Sonnenberg. As we ease into a new year, I find myself—maybe like you—considering what I want to do with the next 12 months. Some of them I even expect to reach. Like reading. Last year I read more than 100 books. Do the math.

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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. Finally, being the favorite can derail your goals for professional advancement. Related Video.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2018

It is no doubt a sign of progress that a significant proportion of organizations and managers today appear to feel guilty when they admit that they are making big management decisions in an intuitive rather than evidence-based way. And, as with any cultural transformation, managers are a critical agent of change.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2012

This is the opposite of groupthink, the creativity-killing phenomenon of too much agreement and too similar perspectives that often paralyzes otherwise great teams. Assembling and managing diverse teams is hard work. That tension essential to creativity is tough to manage, requiring deft leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

However, when other team members pointed out the double standard in expectations, I realized that I had let the situation go on for too long, inadvertently placing our managers in a no-win situation. While there are no right or wrong types, having too many people with similar personalities tends to lead to problems and groupthink.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2015

Its members need the freedom to decide how to achieve goals while also having the discipline to work in alignment with the organization’s strategy. People who judge prefer having closure, with all loose ends tied up, when managing tasks and making decisions. Innovative Teams (20-Minute Manager Series). Excerpted from.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Complexity is a clear and present danger to both firms and the global financial system: it makes both much harder to manage, govern, audit, regulate and support effectively in times of crisis. This in turn made hoarding money, not lending it, the sanest thing for the banks to do after the crash.).

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