In the meeting there was a guy who spoke loudest and surest, and I found myself deferring to him even though I knew more about the topic than he did. By the end he was running the decision and I was nodding along. I keep handing my say to whoever sounds most confident, in rooms where the call was mine to make.
More people experience this than they realize.
You defer to whoever seems most confident, even when the call was yours.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.