As a leader, how do you allow an expert team to make a decision without influencing it?

<p>When people look up to you it is easy to unintentionally influence decisions even when you aren't the expert in the room.</p> <p>As the saying goes, "Hire experts and then get out of their way." </p> <p>But just sharing your opinion can be in the way, swaying the conversation and the decision. </p> <p>Dr. Laura Dowling, Beth Hill Poulin, John Mollison and I got to have a really interesting conversation about it and another idea came up at the end - how do you keep teams from gravitating to the mediocre middle ground? </p> <p>Look for that Quick Hits in the near future. </p> <p>Have you ever been on a team that was overly influenced by the leader to the detriment of the outcome? What could have been done differently to prevent that problem?</p> <p>Connect with the panelists: Beth Hill Poulin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-hill-poulin/  Dr. Laura Dowling: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-dowling-dm/  John Mollison: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmollison/  Dr Robyn Odegaard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/</p> <p>Want a summary of the five Quick Hits I post every week, plus the links to the LinkedIn pages of each of the panelist to show up in your in-box every week? Just let me know where to send it: https://drrobynodegaard.com/quick-hits-notifications/ </p> <p>#QuickHits are designed to exercise your brain by letting you listen in on an unscripted conversation to get other people's thoughts on pertinent subjects. If you would like to join a conversation or have a topic you would like to hear discussed, please message me. https://www.DrRobynOdegaard.com</p> <p> #teams #leadership #decisions</p>