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When consensus decision-making becomes conflict avoidance

Our small executive team makes decisions by consensus but what really happens is we talk until whoever cares most gets their way and everyone else just goes along to avoid conflict. It feels collaborative but it's actually just exhausting and the people with the most energy or strongest opinions always win.

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Your team calls it consensus, but really whoever pushes hardest just gets their way.

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