What's "Executive Think"?
Thursday Oct 26, 2006
You've heard of "Group Think", but have you ever heard of "Executive Think"?
Groupthink is a mode of thought whereby individuals intentionally conform to what they perceive to be the consensus of the group. [wikipedia]
In Executive Think, individuals make decisions and act according to misunderstood directives from their executive staff. Example: An executive states the team must focus on project B. The staff then stops work on other projects such as project A to work solely on project B. The executive returns and wonders why project A is failing and thus concludes that project A was faulty and thus project B must be (has to be) the right decision.
Communications must be well stated, clear, concise and repeated. Excutives must be open to review and criticism. And team members must always do the right thing according to their well defined roles and responsibilities.
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Posted by Dawn Mular on November 07, 2006 at 07:47 AM PST #