{"id":3515,"date":"2025-07-07T11:13:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T11:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpblog.indigobusiness.co.uk\/?p=3515"},"modified":"2025-07-07T11:13:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T11:13:50","slug":"when-strong-voices-dominate-the-room-why-hr-leaders-are-turning-to-six-thinking-hats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpblog.indigobusiness.co.uk\/when-strong-voices-dominate-the-room-why-hr-leaders-are-turning-to-six-thinking-hats\/","title":{"rendered":"When strong voices dominate the room: why HR leaders are turning to Six Thinking Hats\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3517\" src=\"https:\/\/wpblog.indigobusiness.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Strong-voices-STH-300x123.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpblog.indigobusiness.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Strong-voices-STH-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/wpblog.indigobusiness.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Strong-voices-STH-768x316.png 768w, https:\/\/wpblog.indigobusiness.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Strong-voices-STH-500x206.png 500w, https:\/\/wpblog.indigobusiness.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Strong-voices-STH.png 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>If you\u2019ve ever sat in on a senior team meeting and thought, \u201cThis isn\u2019t a talent issue &#8211; it\u2019s a thinking issue,\u201d you\u2019re not alone.<\/p>\n<p>HR and L&amp;D leaders across industries are telling us the same thing: their leadership teams are smart, capable and experienced, but meetings often stall. A few confident voices dominate. Others hold back. Ideas are missed. Discussions go in circles. And decisions? Too often postponed or unclear.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t about poor leadership. It\u2019s about the lack of a shared structure for thinking together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The pattern you\u2019ve probably seen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It usually looks like this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A couple of strong personalities immediately shape the conversation.<\/li>\n<li>The discussion jumps between facts, feelings, ideas and risks, with no clear structure.<\/li>\n<li>Quieter voices get sidelined, not intentionally, but inevitably.<\/li>\n<li>The meeting concludes with ambiguity, rather than action.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As one HR Director recently put it:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cWe\u2019ve invested heavily in leadership development &#8211; but we hadn\u2019t addressed how our leaders actually think together. That was the missing piece.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What Six Thinking Hats\u00ae offers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indigobusiness.co.uk\/Workshop\/de-bonos-six-thinking-hats\">Six Thinking Hats\u00ae<\/a> provides teams with a simple, structured method for thinking clearly and collaboratively in meetings.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not theory. It\u2019s a practical tool that your leaders can use the next day.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s why it works, especially for senior teams where strong personalities and high stakes are part of the landscape.<\/p>\n<p>In one focused day, your team will learn how to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep discussions structured and focused &#8211; without stifling debate.<\/li>\n<li>Surface facts, feelings, risks and ideas &#8211; without confusion or crosstalk.<\/li>\n<li>Hear every voice in the room &#8211; not just the loudest.<\/li>\n<li>Move faster from discussion to decision &#8211; reducing meeting drag.<\/li>\n<li>Lower friction in high-pressure conversations &#8211; without losing the challenge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Strong personalities can be a huge asset, once you give them the right \u2018hat\u2019 to wear.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Organisations that introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indigobusiness.co.uk\/Workshop\/de-bonos-six-thinking-hats\">Six Thinking Hats\u00ae<\/a> for their senior teams have seen tangible changes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More balanced and inclusive meetings.<\/li>\n<li>Clearer alignment on key decisions.<\/li>\n<li>Fewer follow-up meetings to \u2018untangle\u2019 outcomes.<\/li>\n<li>A shared language leaders use across teams, not just in training.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And perhaps most telling &#8211; they don\u2019t call it a soft skill. They call it a tool they <strong>wish they\u2019d adopted earlier<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bringing it into your organisation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two simple ways to get started:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Public Workshops (Perfect for pilots or individuals)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indigobusiness.co.uk\/calendar\/12\">View the full workshop calendar<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In\u2011House Workshops (Tailored for your teams)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ideal for leadership teams, project groups or senior stakeholders. We can tailor the content to your real business challenges &#8211; so the learning is immediately useful.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indigobusiness.co.uk\/in-house-training\">Explore in\u2011house training<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This isn\u2019t about fixing people.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s about helping smart people think better &#8211; together.<\/p>\n<p>If your leadership meetings could benefit from more structure, sharper thinking and quicker decisions, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indigobusiness.co.uk\/Workshop\/de-bonos-six-thinking-hats\">Six Thinking Hats\u00ae<\/a> is a great place to start<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve ever sat in on a senior team meeting and thought, \u201cThis isn\u2019t a talent issue &#8211; it\u2019s a thinking issue,\u201d you\u2019re not alone. 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