The Look & Sound of Leadership Building Consensus – Savvy or Sin?
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Oct 4, 2023 Explore tools for team consensus building, including expressing gratitude, fostering open communication, and utilizing gradients of agreement. Learn techniques for facilitating productive discussions and creating a high-performing team with strong bonds.
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Leader-Created Politeness Problem
- Irene hired a team of people she trusted but found them polite and ineffective as a group.
- Her push for unanimous consensus created silence and slowed decision-making.
Marriage Scale Example
- Tom and Irene compare marriage decision-making to team decisions using a 1–10 importance scale.
- She recognizes differing levels of commitment can avoid long debates and still leave both people on board.
Use Gradients Of Agreement
- Use the Gradients of Agreement tool to let people express degrees of support instead of forcing unanimity.
- Distribute the scale before big decisions to gauge the room and reduce hidden objections later.