Road to solutions paved with consensus, dialogue

“Can you live with it?”

This is a question I ask when helping teams achieve consensus on an issue, plan, or strategy. True consensus is not voting, selling others to agree with your point of view, or any form of coercion to get team members to agree. Consensus is also not compromise, but rather a collaborative view that leads to general collective agreement.

Achieving consensus takes patience and time. These are two commodities that are in short supply in today”s complex world. However, I believe it is critical to change the conversation from a debate to a dialogue if we are to…