Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

For instance, they’d suggest an innovative marketing strategy to promote their new product without much regard for anything else. Given these characteristics, naturally, the pessimists would tear the optimistic marketing strategy and other ideas to pieces. This, in turn, secures an organization’s success for the long term.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Many of us are familiar with the hazards of Groupthink - when teams or organizations operate on autopilot and feel a general false sense of invulnerability. One strategy that can significantly help teams avoid the dangers of Groupthink and successfully respond to emerging threats and opportunities is to create structured debates.

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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. But as Tim Ryan, U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

While both had top people, one was dramatically more successful in the market. Energy: How ambitious the team is, and how much it takes the initiative and maintains long-term momentum at a high level. How did the stars at that firm manage to shine brightly together, while those at the other merely twinkled on their own?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Just as companies need a diverse workforce to remain attuned to the needs of new and emerging markets and to develop innovative products that compete in a rapidly evolving marketplace, sponsors need protégés who mirror those markets. Of course, this investment more than pays for itself in terms of what the protégé returns.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

MARCH 7, 2019

Sonnenberg: Did you ever notice that when you’re in the market for a new car, you seem to notice car ads more than usual? It’s very easy to get caught up in groupthink. Then, without much forethought, they send out a tedious memo or video (that’s so long it can be made into a miniseries) to employees. Be your own person.

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