Our team has one person who consistently dominates meetings and decision-making, and the rest of us have started having separate conversations afterward to actually discuss things, but no one wants to confront the dynamic directly. We all like this person and they're good at their job, but we're essentially running two parallel processes and it's getting exhausting.
More people experience this than they realize.
A group is developing workarounds for a power dynamic rather than addressing it, creating hidden resentment and inefficiency.
“Where Are You with Adopted identity — chosen and given?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.