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When teams struggle with decision-making as stakes increase

Our startup team of four used to make decisions easily but now that we're growing and the stakes are higher, we've become paralyzed by trying to reach consensus on everything. We spend hours in circles and no one wants to be the person who breaks the deadlock because we're all afraid of damaging our friendship.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group's attachment to harmony is preventing the necessary differentiation and leadership that growth requires.

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