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Stop Trying to Please Everyone
"You can't make everyone happy. Just make the call." This feedback dismisses collaboration as indecision—but the research tells a different story. If you've been told you're too consensus-driven, you're not indecisive. You're building decisions that actually stick.
The Consensus Trap: Why Your Collaborative Meetings Keep Stalling (And How to Fix It)
You know this meeting. Everyone weighs in. The clock runs down. And somehow, nothing gets decided. The same decision has been on the table for weeks, and it still isn't made. What started as noble inclusion becomes a stall. The consensus trap looks like collaboration, but really it's fear disguised as care. Learn the three-step framework that helps collaborative managers pair inclusion with clarity—so your team can finally move forward instead of circling endlessly.