Making critical decisions is never easy, and making them as a group is even harder. Most effective business communication requires some group decision-making skill, and choosing the right technique ...

From small committees to national elections, group decision-making can be complicated -- and it may not always settle on the best choice. That's partly because some members of the group do research on ...

OK, group decicion-making may not be the most momentous problem, but it is one of the most frequently annoying. Making everyday choices with other people often goes something like this: You and your ...

New experiments in group decision making show that having a seat at the table is very different than having a voice. Scholars at Brigham Young University and Princeton examined whether women speak ...

How do groups of animals make collective decisions? Last week, we learned that bees reach consensus by headbutting those with opposing views. But in many other species, the decision-making process is ...

Hive mentality, also known as groupthink, is when a person has a strong tendency to fall for group decision-making. If someone has a hive mentality, they may feel invulnerable and morally correct when ...

A fair percentage of leaders, especially in startups, professional groups and not-for-profits, pursue the holy grail of decision making by consensus. But it’s usually a bad idea, leading often to ...

Businesses are always looking for new ways to challenge and stimulate their employees. One way of accomplishing this is to have employees participate in various team building activities and decision ...