Why Great Leaders Don't Take Yes for an Answer Managing for Conflict and Consensus

Name: Why Great Leaders Don't Take Yes for an Answer Managing for Conflict and Consensus
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ISBN: 9780131454392

ISBN-10: 0131454390

ISBN-13: 9780131454392

Edition: 2005

Authors: Michael A. Roberto

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Executives hear yes far too often. Their status and power inhibits candid dialogue. They don't hear bad news until it's too late. They get groupthink, not reality. They think they've achieved consensus, then find their decisions undermined or derailed by colleagues who never really bought in. They become increasingly isolated; even high-risk or illegal actions can begin to go unquestioned. Inevitable? Absolutely not. In this book, Harvard Business School Professor Michael Roberto shows you how to promote honest, constructive dissent and scepticism... use it to improve your decisions... and then align your entire organization to fully support the decisions you make. Drawing on his…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Wharton School Publishing
Publication date: 6/6/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English




The leadership challenge



Deciding how to decide



An absence of candor



Stimulating the clash of ideas



Keeping conflict constructive



The dynamics of indecision



Fair and legitimate process



Reaching closure



Leading with restraint