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How SWOT Analysis Harms Leaders

Lead Change Blog

For example, consider Saraj, a technology startup founder. Groupthink. One particularly big problem is known as groupthink , where groups tend to coalesce around the opinions of a powerful leader. To me, it was a clear example of groupthink, ignoring the elephant in the room. Overconfidence.

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Get Savvy

Leading Blog

Perhaps what if different today is our ability to so quickly and persuasively disseminate it through technology. This is the subject of Savvy: Navigating Fake Companies, Fake Leaders, and Fake News in the Post-Truth Era by the husband and wife team Shiv B. Again, it’s not the technologies, it the people who use them.

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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. Team Building. Sean writes: “ Not all leaders seek or appreciate the ideas that will allow them and their teams to become truly great. Development.

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LeadershipNow 140: January 2017 Compilation

Leading Blog

Do team values unite or divide your team? Team Building: Let The Big Dogs Bark First from @JohnBaldoni. Smart use of technology can aid organisational change via @MediaplanetUK with ‏@profhamel. Smart use of technology can aid organisational change via @MediaplanetUK with ‏@profhamel. by @mark_sanborn.

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10 Ways to Keep “Post-truth” From Crippling Your Leadership

Lead Change Blog

1) Hold yourself and those on your team accountable for full truthfulness instead of what author Ralph Keyes calls “ledger-book” morality. In an increasingly connected, technologically savvy, and fast-paced world, difference is the new normal. Discourage groupthink and don’t shoot the messenger. 2) Manage paradoxes. easy to do.

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Why You Should Care About The Revenue Forecast

The Idolbuster

Product development is always needed to make a new technology robust enough to work consistently in customer hands. He was a Scorpion , a “visionary” who felt that the technology should sell itself. But “ready for customers” is exactly what the CEO wanted to hear.

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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. In some rare cases, individuals are able to push back against team consensus and help organizations recognize and proactively respond to changes in the competitive landscape.