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July 2021 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Karin Hurt and David Dye of Let’s Grow Leaders provided How to Stay Productive as You Return to the Office. Productivity. Communication.

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Boards Need To Up Their Game In Terms Of Cognitive Diversity

The Horizons Tracker

These findings illustrate the importance of creating the right environment and culture for diverse teams to operate in. Research from the University of Bath argues that a culture of “constructive disagreement” is key. “Cognitively balanced teams take less time to solve problems,” the researchers explain.

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How Structured Debate Helps Your Team Grow

Harvard Business Review

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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Five highlights from the 2023 CMI President’s Dinner

Chartered Management Institute

We’ve seen toxic cultures allowed to flourish in large and high-profile organisations, erratic leadership behaviours, groupthink and boardrooms struggling to maintain control. It’s no coincidence that the UK is suffering from low productivity and stalled growth. In 2023, many fell below those standards.

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You Don’t Need to Adopt Holacracy to Get Some of Its Benefits

Harvard Business Review

A mission is why an enterprise exists, its purpose over and above delivering a bundle of products and services. Without cohesion, there is no common purpose, but without diversity groupthink will set in and eventually that purpose will lose relevance. What’s really important is to balance cohesion and diversity.

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India Remakes Global Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Chirotech specializes in biocatalysis and chemocatalysis, two important subspecialties of biotechnology and chemistry that help develop key biological and chemical intermediates needed for the efficient production of medicines. Polycentric innovation won't work in organizations that promote groupthink. Reliance MediaWorks. and the U.K.