Why Consensus Doesn’t Work

Team Dynamics

February 26, 2013
Susan Mazza
CEO, Clarus Works

Topics

consensus, Leadership, Management, people management

Building consensus is key in the democratic process. When you have a vote you “have a say” in the outcome. Even if the vote doesn’t go your way, you still had the privilege of having a voice.

Voting may be an effective way to elect someone into office. After all, you will rarely, if ever, get 100% of people voting to agree on any one candidate, or anything else for that matter.

However, contrary to popular belief, voting is a terrible way to make decisions by a team. 

There are two fundamental reasons why…
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