Research Guides: Leadership Development Program: Building Consensus

Participatory Decision-Making

Kaner, S., Lind, L., & Doyle, M. (2007). Facilitator's guide to participatory decision-making. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons. [reserve]

Get Weird!

Putzier, J. (2001). Get weird!: 101 innovative ways to make your company a great place to work [ebook]. New York: AMACOM. [access]

The Puzzle of Motivation

"Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories -- and maybe, a way forward."

Context as a Leadership Strength

Consensus Building in Action

Warnock's Dilemma

From Bryan Warnock

The problem with no response is that there are five possible interpretations:

The post is correct, well-written information that needs no follow-up commentary. There's nothing more to say except "Yeah, what he said."
The post is complete and utter nonsense, and no one wants to waste the energy or bandwidth to even point this out.
No one read the post, for whatever reason.
No one understood the post, but won't ask for clarification, for whatever reason.
No one cares about the post, for whatever reason.