Easing Group Decision Making: A View, A Voice, A Vote Or A Veto. ByEric Pliner, Former Contributor. Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights.

Luckily, there’s an approach that reliably improves group decision-making. It works in laboratory tasks over short time periods. It also helps long-term groups in science and business succeed.

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 ...