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How teams handle disruptive but valuable members

My project team keeps getting derailed by one person who dominates every meeting and dismisses other people's ideas but they're technically excellent and the manager seems reluctant to address it. The rest of us have started having sidebar conversations and I can feel the team splitting into those who confront and those who accommodate.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group struggles with the tension between maintaining harmony and addressing behavior that undermines collective effectiveness, especially when formal authority is absent or unwilling.

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