Sentence examples for making decisions by consensus from inspiring English sources

Listening to advice and expertise; being collaborative and making decisions by consensus.

Mr. Mutlak and Mr. Isa said the Sunnis only agreed to the proposal after Shiites committed to making decisions by consensus, rather than by vote.

In both public and private statements, Western and Russian officials say the new council will constitute a meeting of 20 equals -- 19 NATO members and Russia, making decisions by consensus, any one of them able to table a proposal by signaling its disapproval.

Sony Pictures Entertainment Chief Executive Michael Lynton threatened to exit the organization and the MPAA's board briefly considered scrapping its long-standing practice of making decisions by consensus.

The founding fathers imagined a government of independent-minded gentlemen making decisions by consensus, or, alternatively -- as James Madison taught us last week -- dividing power such that the ambitions of any one dodgy politician would be checked and balanced by all the others.

Admission teams in CMHCs in Norway are advised to assess referrals in teams making decisions by consensus.

But the agency prefers to make decisions by consensus, making February's conference crucial.

Such leaders don't listen, let alone make decisions by consensus.

The 195 parties to the convention must make decisions by consensus.

MATTATHIAS SCHWARTZ: But generally you've got this "general assembly" which makes decisions by consensus whenever possible.

Mr. Moody-Stuart runs the company as chairman of a committee of five senior directors, who make decisions by consensus.