When Over-Collaboration Leads to Indecision

23/04/2025 23 min Episodio 107
When Over-Collaboration Leads to Indecision

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Being too collaborative can actually hold you back at work, argues leadership coach Rebecca Shambaugh in this episode. Instead of showing how well you build consensus and work with others, it can look like indecision or failure to prioritize. She explains what to do if you over-collaborate, how to manage someone who does, and offers some advice for women—whose bosses are more likely to see them as overly consensus-driven. Shambaugh is the author of the books It’s Not a Glass Ceiling, It’s a Sticky Floor and Make Room for Her.