My deputy and I have been running this agency division for eight years and we used to push each other on the hard decisions but now we just nod along when stakeholders make unreasonable demands and I think we've both gotten tired of being the ones who say no. We're approving things we would have fought against three years ago and neither of us is calling it out.
More people experience this than they realize.
You and your partner used to push back on bad ideas, but now you both just go along with them.
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