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When cohort dynamics become dominated by a few loud voices

I'm in an executive MBA cohort and there's this subgroup that always dominates discussions and takes credit for group projects while the rest of us just go along with it because we don't want conflict. I hate that I'm complicit in this dynamic but I also need these people as professional contacts.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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A pushy clique runs your group and takes the credit, but you stay quiet because you need them as contacts.

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