That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Consensus building doesn't necessarily fit with my experience.
It has been the way of Rotary to focus thought upon matters in which members are in agreement, rather than upon matters in which they are in disagreement.
I don't think consensus-building politics is what I'm meant to be doing.
Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
I love disagreements. I love the democratic process. If I'm in a room where everybody agrees, I start to nod off.
A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.
Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.