Got Bobbleheads for Business Buddies?

Posted by TonyJohnston_CNi under Management
From http://blog.tonyjohnston.biz 5190 days ago
Made Hot by: HeatherStone on September 11, 2010 1:27 pm

No man is an island & no CEO should make important decisions on their own. Why? Because businesses often have critical things come up where making a decision right could mean life or death for your career or for the company! That's why it is really important who CEOs choose and keep as their key business buddies. Read more about why & how ...

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Written by businessavante
5188 days ago

Great Article! Cathode Ray Dude has a good point about bobbleheads often being the equivalent of "team players" - I hadn't thought of that.

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Written by Cathode Ray Dude
5188 days ago

Bobbleheads can be worse than useless, they can be downright dangerous for your company, eliminating any compass or sense of direction by simply agreeing with everything you say. There is, of course, no way to know whether more vocal critics among your advisors are always right, but they do provide some counterpoint allowing you to weigh decisions more carefully and against other points of view. I'm sometimes amazed how many companies view critics as simply negative and prefer bobbleheads instead. These are sometimes called "team players" in the vernacular but are not loyal to the team (only to a salary and the flavor or leader of the month) and are ultimately detrimental to the team's future since they bring no valuable insight or even true feedback but only an endless echo chamber in which the only ideas are your own being bounced approvingly back at you.

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