It's easy to assume that as a leader, your job is to decide and direct. But what happens when those decisions aren’t challenged, even when they are clearly bad?
When people don’t feel safe speaking up, organizations lose creativity, morale suffers, and mistakes multiply. As someone who’s experienced this firsthand, I can tell you, it’s not the team’s fault. It’s the leader’s responsibility to build a culture where every voice matters.
In this article, I discuss why traditional leadership language holds teams back and provide actionable steps to create a space where people feel free to collaborate and experiment. I have also included an exercise to help you start practising right away.
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