5 Ways to Have Your Conflict at Senior Team Meetings

1. Tell the TruthIn most meetings there is what we say, and then there’s what we’re thinking in our heads. Usually the latter has much more volume—and often more wisdom—than the former. Now, I still think we should keep our internal editor “on,” but generally speaking...

Senior Team Conflict

Regular readers of my blog should be aware that I’m a big fan of Patrick Lencioni’s writing. Perhaps his most famous book is The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, and I especially like it because of the central role conflict plays as a dysfunction. Do note, however, that...

How Successful Leaders Think

I hate it when the next month’s HBR comes out before I’ve read the good articles in this month’s! So I’m busy reading these days. The one article that is a “can’t miss” in the June edition is by Roger Martin, titled “How Successful Leaders Think.” The short version:...

You Don’t Always Have to be Right

Another article in Associations Now this month covers a series of “mindsets” that futurist John Naisbitt is writing about. They are lenses for interpreting the world, and he recommends leaders use many of them, rather than being stuck in any one. My favorite is...

You Don't Always Have to be Right

Another article in Associations Now this month covers a series of “mindsets” that futurist John Naisbitt is writing about. They are lenses for interpreting the world, and he recommends leaders use many of them, rather than being stuck in any one. My favorite is...
Jamie Notter