The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 13, 2022

Of course, the researchers accept that teams are not always ideal, and there are various aspects of team dynamics that can hinder us, whether it’s groupthink or uneven power balances. The post When Are Teams Better Than Individuals? first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.

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JULY 18, 2017

He’s a wildly popular professor of management and psychology at Wharton, has written two great books ( Give and Take and Originals ), recently co-wrote a new book with Sheryl Sandberg called Option B , and his Ted Talks have been viewed by more than 9 million people. To combat Groupthink requires divergent thinking.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If you’ve ever agreed to a decision at work even when you believe it to be the worst move your company could make, you need to learn how to avoid groupthink. But what is groupthink? Image credit – Freepik What is Groupthink? Understanding what groupthink is and taking measures to avoid it is essential in any workplace.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. Sunstein Don''t Let a Group Dynamic Quash Critical Thinking Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Review Press HBR newsletters Management Tip of the Day Reid Hastie Wiser: : Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter' Leaders […].

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QAspire

APRIL 8, 2013

Great Quotes Improvement & Development In 100 Words Leadership Managing Career Self Growth conformance conformity Differentiation groupthink' Interesting Stuff: There is a new magazine on personal branding titled “ Me Inc. ”

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Leading Blog

APRIL 3, 2020

Those who are driven by their ego, for example, will take center stage and proclaim to have the answers, ignoring or side-lining the experts who could give a more realistic assessment of a situation, managing people’s expectations. During a crisis, leaders must relinquish the belief that a top-down response will engender stability.”

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 30, 2023

And, when you diversify your network , Ibarra explains that you will be using networking as an essential leadership tool by: Sensing trends and seeing opportunities Building ties to opinion leaders and talent in diverse areas Working collaboratively across boundaries to create more value Avoiding groupthink Generating breakthrough ideas Obtaining career (..)

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Steve writes: “ Leaders and great managers are keenly aware how to motivate and bring out the best in others, regardless of their experience. managing people. Christina Felty of Voice of HR explains The Not-So-Magical Triangle of Project Management. icting harm on others or yourself. Find Dana on Twitter at @DanaTheus.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 30, 2019

You need to de-bias the systems that run the organisation, such as recruitment, pay, procurement, talent management and marketing. This creates a culture where disagreement and debate is welcome, and guards against blind spots and groupthink. And you need to lead inclusively.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 10, 2017

Groupthink : the psychological phenomenon for alignment that occurs within a group of people because of the desire for, and/or pressure to, have harmony or conformity. Bias is tricky to manage because it’s difficult for us to see our own biases.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 3, 2018

Or, if on the other hand you build trust by prioritizing people and a collaborative culture, you might overemphasize getting everyone to agree, which can discourage differing opinions and lead to Groupthink. Leadership shouldn't be a solitary venture and neither should exploring how to manage your own strengths and weaknesses.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2017

Five tips for hiring (and holding on to) young people via Management Today @MT_editorial. Unleashing Creativity And Avoiding Groupthink by Michelle M Smith via @octanner. by @ericaarielfox. 21 Things New Leaders Should Do by @LollyDaskal. Leading by Design by @BarnettTalks. The Best Leadership Books of 2016.

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Leading Blog

MAY 8, 2019

The best coach for any team is the manager who leads that team. Being a good coach is essential to being a good manager and leader. Coaching is no longer a specialty; you cannot be a good manager without being a good coach.”. Your Title Makes You A Manager, Your People Make You A Leader. Manage the Aberrant Genius.

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 29, 2019

At its best, it’s still a way for hiring managers to get a little lazy and choose candidates they “click” with over more qualified options. But when you ask most managers (and even employees) what it means to find someone who “fits the culture” you’ll likely get a lot of variations of the “beer test.”

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2016

2) Manage paradoxes. Effective leadership is an oscillating mix of head and heart: managing both facts and feelings as well as logic and emotion. Discourage groupthink and don’t shoot the messenger. Neither takes precedence over the other because both elements are needed for success. Isaac Newton. easy to do.

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Management Craft

JULY 30, 2012

Managers describe team members as being high-maintenance, their teams as high-drama, and their discontented employees and high-sensitive. Like the team member that believes his or her manager is out to get him or her (this is rarely the case). Groupthink - this is behind many of the political ads, I think. You get the idea.

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LDRLB

OCTOBER 29, 2019

At its best, it’s still a way for hiring managers to get a little lazy and choose candidates they “click” with over more qualified options. But when you ask most managers (and even employees) what it means to find someone who “fits the culture” you’ll likely get a lot of variations of the “beer test.”

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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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LDRLB

JANUARY 18, 2012

This “team of rivals” was able to provide a variety of perspectives and create a tension over the solutions that avoided the traditional, yes-man saturated groupthink sessions that marked so many other president’s cabinets. He speaks, consults and serves on the faculty of management at Oral Roberts University’s College of Business.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

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. Check with others for their perspective as it is often hard for us to see our own biases. Bias mistake #2: Believing that training eliminates bias.

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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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Coaching Tip

MAY 7, 2014

The trick for managers is to cultivate belongingness and uniqueness simultaneously, focusing on diverse talents and experiences without stereotyping or alienating employees, or making them reluctant to share ideas that set them apart and lead to groupthink. . Inclusive leaders are humble.

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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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HR Digest

MAY 11, 2019

Numerous studies since the 1980s confirm that unconscious bias is in play in every aspect of the modern workplace – in client relations, mentoring and sponsorship, performance management, recruitment and retention, promotion, and the allocation of job assignments. A form of groupthink which prevents individuals from thinking independently.

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LDRLB

JANUARY 18, 2012

This “team of rivals” was able to provide a variety of perspectives and create a tension over the solutions that avoided the traditional, yes-man saturated groupthink sessions that marked so many other president’s cabinets. David Burkus is the editor of LDRLB. Leadership burkus creativity lincoln'

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2022

A research-backed guide to challenging groupthink.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 7, 2015

Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Herminia Ibarra Leadership Leadership Books' Ibarra is the Cora Chaired Professor of Leadership and Learning at INSEAD , and author of, Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career. Thanks to the book''s publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Jonah Lehrer's article, "GroupThink" in The New Yorker , January 30, 2012 states that brainstorming seems like an ideal technique, a feel-good way to boost productivity. But there is a problem with brainstorming. It doesn't work. Scientific advances have lead to a situation where all the remaining problems are incredibly hard.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

And, when you diversify your network , Ibarra explains that you will be using networking as an essential leadership tool by: Sensing trends and seeing opportunities Building ties to opinion leaders and talent in diverse areas Working collaboratively across boundaries to create more value Avoiding groupthink Generating breakthrough ideas Obtaining career (..)

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Rapid BI

MAY 20, 2011

Brainstorming often gets a bad press, with the popular belief being that it fosters groupthink and generally hinders the creative process. New research shines a new light on the value of brainstorming however, especially a bit later in the creative process when ideas have already been generated.

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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. Innovative Teams (20-Minute Manager Series). Second, few people understand group dynamics well enough to harness their power to help groups maximize their creativity. Further Reading. Innovation Book.

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The Idolbuster

JANUARY 15, 2013

The President and CFO were hungry for revenue growth, and via a process that sounds a lot like groupthink, the executive team convinced themselves that “we should be able to make $10M on this product this year.” Bad management? He was a Scorpion , a “visionary” who felt that the technology should sell itself. Sounds like it.

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Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Five Highlights from the 2023 CMI President's Dinner Words CMI Insights / Photography Amanda Forman The evidence about good and bad management; the new CMI president; and all the 2023 award-winners. Bad management harms society: fact “Bad management is bad – on every level,” said CMI’s chief executive Ann Francke OBE in her opening comments.

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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

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

For that, he leaves a huge legacy in management. Yale psychologist Irving Janis used the debacle to coin the term “groupthink,” which refers to a psychological drive for consensus at any cost that suppresses dissent and appraisal of alternatives. Crisis management Decision making Government'

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

JANUARY 9, 2024

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Determine whether a decision is based on sound rationale or is being swayed by groupthink. Consider whether you’re acting rationally or emotionally. Identify whether you’re making the right decision or the safe one. Challenge the status quo rather than be encumbered by previous decisions. Focus on the facts rather than opinion.

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