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If your leadership team cannot reach consensus, innovation stalls.
Disagreement is not the enemy — but unresolved conflict is. In the latest episode of The Impact Exchange, Holly McClung Senior Managing Director at Ankura and the Leader Behind the Leaders, challenges a common leadership failure: mistaking strong opinions for progress. Consensus, she argues, is not about harmony or compromise.
It is the enabler that allows teams to move beyond ego, binary thinking, and win‑lose debates — unlocking better ideas and sustainable growth.
And the question every leader should sit with: Do you want to be right, or do you want to be effective?
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