Silence is a boundary, not surrender. When people stop talking, leaders love to think, "Great! Everyone agrees." But no. You donβt have agreement. You just have a room full of people who realized that speaking up damages their own peace of mind.
The sad part is that once people shut down, the trust is already dead. You can't fix it with a cheesy team-building day or an "open-door policy." You canβt burn down the bridge and then wonder why nobody is crossing it to come talk to you.
Silence is a boundary, not surrender. When people stop talking, leaders love to think, "Great! Everyone agrees." But no. You donβt have agreement. You just have a room full of people who realized that speaking up damages their own peace of mind.
Itβs a basic coping mechanism: "I care about my sanity more than I care about fixing a broken plan for people who will just get mad at me for fixing it." It takes energy to care. When that energy is always met with ego and defensiveness, the brain protects itself and shuts down.
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