If you’re in a leadership position — at work or in the community — you make decisions and oversee decision-making processes. Often it’s best to consult the people you are leading to reach a group ...

Teams and groups are often successful in achieving goals and objectives in contemporary companies. Unlike the autocratic management styles of the mid-20th century, employee empowerment has been more ...

Consensus models encompass a suite of mathematical and procedural frameworks designed to guide groups of experts or stakeholders towards a shared decision. These approaches address two core challenges ...

Blocking progress: consensus decision making in the anti-nuclear movement Howard Ryan argues that consensus is wrong in principle and in practice: "The problem is not so much that individuals are ...

How should others make decisions for pediatric patients? For decades, there has been debate in academic literature about the ethical principles that govern medical decision-making for children. In ...

Building and sustaining trust with stakeholders is one of the biggest challenges every executive grapples with. Too many executives don’t realize that there is one thing they do every day that is ...