What Pressure Actually Does to the Way Leaders Behave

Let me tell you about a meeting I had a while back, earlier in my career. Everybody was agreeing on something, heads were nodding, people were building on each other's points, but to me it felt wrong because I had the question, you know, the one that would have changed the whole direction of the conversation in a good way. It was right there. It was Perfect. It was fully formed. I looked calm. I looked engaged. But underneath the surface, I was feeling the pressure. And I said nothing. Now that is the first scene in my book. I spent 2 years asking senior leaders why we do this. Why do we default to a certain pattern under pressure? Why the most capable people in the room go quiet? For instance, when they need to speak up. Now, if you want to have an early access to the book and read the first chapters, join the advanced reader group. I'm leaving the link in the first comment or in the bio.