Situation · Work
“Everyone on my team just agrees with the boss”
What could be going on
Changes their view to match the boss: Fits exactly; check whether views change after the boss speaks.
Groupthink: Fits if the team is close and keeps up a sense of total agreement.
Conformity: Fits if people quietly adjust to match the group.
Psychological safety: Fits if disagreement has been punished before.
Authority bias: Fits if titles carry more weight than evidence.
Obedience to authority: Fits if people follow instructions they privately disagree with.
Questions to carry
- In the last meeting, who spoke before the boss did, and who only after?
- When I disagree and say nothing, what am I afraid will happen?
Also said as
- no one ever pushes back on our CEO
- yes men everywhere
- my coworkers change their opinion when the boss speaks
- people just go along with whatever the leader says
- no one disagrees with the boss
- my team just echoes whatever the manager says