Consensus Building
Facilitated process to align various stakeholders and reach a definition and solution accepted by all instead of imposing majority vote.
Facilitated process to align various stakeholders and reach a definition and solution accepted by all instead of imposing majority vote.
focus on persuading and securing the interests of all parties rather than creating a disaffected minority in traditional voting.
Management of the budget deficit crisis in the organization with the agreement of all department managers on how to reduce costs.
Very high commitment to the implementation of approvals, removing hidden annoyances, increasing organizational cohesion.
being time-consuming, requiring high facilitation skills, the risk of reaching low-quality and conservative compromises.
In the "Consensus Building" technique, the goal is to move from the "win-lose" logic of majority voting to a solution that everyone can wholeheartedly support.
This process requires establishing ground rules, active listening, identifying fundamental commonalities, and negotiating differences to preserve fundamental interests and form intelligent compromises.
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