This book is the revised and updated 2025 edition of BUILDING CONSENSUS FOR BUSINESS SIMPLIFIED.

Building consensus is your ability to facilitate a collaborative team effort to reach an agreement that meets the interests of members and consistently produces excellent results.

It's the 20th volume in a forty-book series of a comprehensive Success Training Program (see OTHER BOOKS).

Here, you'll learn how to use the most actionable tactics, techniques, and tools to enhance your ability to build consensus with a team.

Why is building consensus important?

I created this book to help you build consensus with your team.

Remember, building consensus doesn't mean everyone must agree with a proposal.

It means a general agreement.

Those who disagree will get their chance to voice their disagreement in front of the entire team.

Agreement means that each member agrees to do all they can to ensure the proposal's success, provide a better proposal, or provide a valid reason why they can't support it.

Building consensus is far more important than achieving it because, in the end, everyone may not agree to support the proposal, but at least they've been involved.

Without their involvement, they'll never be committed!

And without their commitment, you'll never be able to consistently produce excellent results!

Everyone needs to be engaged and involved and have a say in the matters that affect their well-being.

Enjoy the book!

Ed