Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2017

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. So what is that profound issue, that killer component? However, that seems all too often not to happen.

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Abilene Paradox Groupthink Consensus Restructuring 272

Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2020

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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McKinsey Emotional Intelligence Crisis Self-aware 294

Mark Sanborn

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Leadership, especially at the C-level, is a journey of high-stakes decisions and complex challenges. Overconfidence: The Illusion of Certainty The Trap: Executives often overestimate their knowledge and predictive abilities, overlooking potential uncertainties and risks. For more information about his work, visit www.marksanborn.com.

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Groupthink CFO Uncertainty Consensus 56

Mike Cardus

AUGUST 25, 2019

Once you chose an action, we will debate the merits of the work and fail to recognize alternative options that may be better or worse; framing the process of synthesis as one of curiosity – wander through ideas; also, using groupthink for progress, mixed with breaking these teams up and challenging the ideas in new mixed teams.

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Groupthink Mentor Diversity Project 97

Frank Sonnenberg Online

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

How to Get a Dose of Reality It’s always healthy to practice some uncertainty and park your ego at the door by thinking, “Perhaps I’m wrong about this.” Determine whether a decision is based on sound rationale or is being swayed by groupthink. Unwilling to evaluate whether circumstances changed since a decision was made. Always right.

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How To Groupthink Uncertainty Learning-by-Doing 118

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2014

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.” But most of all we do it to keep bolstering airbrushed images of leadership and teamwork—at the expense of the messier work both take. All that may be true.

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Politics Groupthink Commitment Price 12