Costly process: Consensus decision-making can be resource-intensive, requiring team members to spend a lot of time and effort. This can translate into higher operational costs for the organization.

Adopting a structured decision-making structure can help balance consensus with agility. Techniques such as the Bain & Co., Rapid Decision Making process would be recommended.

Consensus decision-making is a group decision making process that seeks the consent of all participants. Consensus may be defined professionally as an acceptable resolution, one that can be ...

Those findings, "Pediatric Decision Making: Consensus Recommendations," appeared in Pediatrics on Aug. 9. Erica K. Salter, Ph.D., associate professor of health care ethics and pediatrics at Saint ...