Leading Blog

MARCH 20, 2019

Not only does this foster groupthink, but it most often creates a toxic us versus them mentality “often leading to the demonization of the ‘other’ and contributing to discrimination and sometimes violence.” “The more often we her something, the more familiar it becomes, and familiarity breeds trust.” We Want to Belong.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

For most of us we are not like the conceptual innovators that formulate a big idea early on in life and act on it. We are probably more like the experimental innovators that move through idea after idea, learning and evolving as they go. Dealing with Groupthink. Cohesion in a group doesn’t cause groupthink.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

These are questions that require you to challenge groupthink, conventional wisdom, and your own biases. For example, you can make more money but will have less free time; you can fix the bottom line but will have to lay off workers; you can liberate a country but will cause damage and death.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 7, 2014

Make employees feel more included at work, says Catalyst’s new global report, Inclusive Leadership: The View From Six Countries , which surveyed over 1,500 employees from Australia, China (Shanghai), Germany, India, Mexico and the United States. In Mexico, they accounted for 51% of innovation and 60% of team citizenship.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 27, 2022

Diversity has long been recognized in terms of its importance to things like innovation and creativity, with research from MIT showing how cognitive diversity improves the profitability of organizations. Moreover, we found no evidence to suggest that diverse directors avoid serving in board leadership roles. ” The best decisions.

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Leading Blog

MAY 8, 2019

The goal of consensus leads to “groupthink” and inferior decisions. Innovation Is Where the Crazy People Have Stature. That to create effective teams, you need to understand and pay attention to these human values. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *.

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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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Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 5, 2023

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

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Mark Sanborn

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Leadership is not an easy task, and even the best leaders are susceptible to errors in thinking that can hinder decision-making and, ultimately, organizational success. Recognizing and avoiding these pitfalls can significantly enhance leadership effectiveness. This can result in poor decision-making and a lack of innovative thinking.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2017

To drive home the urgency, the coalition’s website, CEOAction.com , directs visitors to research showing that diverse teams and inclusive leaders unleash innovation, eradicate groupthink, and spur market growth. At the Center for Talent Innovation, we wanted to look into these suspicions. But as Tim Ryan, U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

And new models of leadership are emerging from some unlikely places. Large cities have higher income, lower crime rates, and more rapid innovation. Yet inside this massive structure is a surprising amount of innovation in the area of organizational design and decision-making. Is it possible? There's some good news.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2016

companies, the guidelines contain helpful (although not entirely novel or innovative) recommendations such as compensating outside directors with stock, giving non-executive directors unfettered access to management, and discouraging the practice of earnings guidance. Intended to strengthen corporate governance at U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2015

Others, perhaps driven by their own narcissism, pick people who are like them, which kills diversity and breeds groupthink. In our consulting work, we use a personality test to see whether teams have people playing five key roles necessary for performance: results, relationships, process, innovation, and pragmatism.

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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. This social relationship between leaders and followers is at the heart of transformational leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In earlier research , the Center for Talent Innovation explored the importance of finding the right sponsor. The reason most multinational leadership is predominantly white and male is that those in power tend to sponsor those who remind them of themselves or those with whom they have much in common. Avoid the mini-me syndrome.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking Susan Cain Crown Publishers (2012) How and why our location on “the introvert-extrovert spectrum” influences most (if not all) of our decisions and opinions Throughout most of her book, Susan Cain takes a balanced approach to the immensely difficult task of examining the [.].

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2012

Innovation teams tasked with creating new products or technologies or iterating existing ones need tension to produce breakthroughs, and tension comes from diverse points of view. This is the opposite of groupthink, the creativity-killing phenomenon of too much agreement and too similar perspectives that often paralyzes otherwise great teams.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Indeed, being data-driven has joined the ranks of “innovative”, “diverse”, and “socially responsible” as the one of most laudable features of organizational culture, at least if we go by company websites. Instead, celebrate critical thinking, curiosity, and the deeper desire to question things.

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ExactHire - Leadership

MARCH 8, 2017

As you can imagine, it resulted in a hot mess of groupthink…complete with vanilla platitudes that can only result from trying to be everything to everyone. They should avoid one-word overused “no duh” adjectives like “innovation” or “integrity.” At ExactHire, our team focused on short phrases.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 13, 2012

Without diversity groupthink sets in. It is diversity that gives a team the unique perspectives needed to create truly innovative solutions. Leadership. Everyone needs to be working from the same script, clearly understanding roles and responsibilities, and they need to have the same understanding of what success looks like.

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