ASTD Mt Diablo Chapter: Learn About the Compromise Trap November 16, 2010

Leaders at every level are exerting enormous effort to generate results in today's unforgiving business climate. Yet a deeper look shows that employees often feel pressured to compromise in ways that undermine organizational success, and that they go along reluctantly, convinced they have no choice if they want to keep their jobs. Drawing on 17 years' experience as an organizational learning consultant, Elizabeth Doty will share how unhealthy pressure to compromise gets created, often unintentionally, and what it takes to convince employees to speak up rather than going along with ill-conceived plans. Using several first-hand accounts to spark our thinking, she will then open up a discussion of the leadership practices, follower skills, and team norms that minimize the risks of unhealthy compromise and help organizations increase their effectiveness and integrity.