Leadership Shift #187: When You Disagree With Someone More Senior Than You

You're in a meeting with someone more senior than you. They walk through the problem. They land on a recommendation. And they say it with total confidence: "I think this is what we should do." And you think… I don't. Then a two-second window opens, and your brain gets to work: Maybe I'm missing something. She probably has context I don't. I don't want to be the difficult one. I'll wait and see if someone else says it. And the meeting moves on. Or you do speak, but bury your point under so man...