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The #1 Killer of Change

Lead Change Blog

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. Values should fit with the team’s communication, both internally and externally. Then act on that feedback.

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Are You Ready for Recovery?

Leading Blog

Transpersonal Leadership is a concept that my colleagues and I at LeaderShape Global have been developing for over 10 years. The next area to consider is the crucial importance of distributed Leadership, which follows naturally from the transpersonal perspective. Anybody can travel the path to Transpersonal Leadership.

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Navigating the Mental Minefield: A Guide for Leaders

Mark Sanborn

Leadership, especially at the C-level, is a journey of high-stakes decisions and complex challenges. Embrace Diverse Opinions: Consult individuals with different perspectives, including team members and external advisors. What are the cognitive challenges leaders at the highest levels face?

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Decision Making Antonyms and Story Telling

Mike Cardus

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. completing this decision-making process with more resilient choices that use complexity and uncertainty as a shared method.

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Why Work Is Lonely

Harvard Business Review

It portrays a smiling executive team around a long table. I have a name for this cocktail of deference, conformity and passive aggression that chokes people and teams. I knew it all too well, the fear of being myself at work—or more precisely, the uncertainty about which self to be. It is different from “groupthink.”