How Leaders Can Escape Their Echo Chambers

While leaders are aware of the importance of creating a psychologically safe culture to encourage candor, they are less aware of how subtle leadership behaviors can make it hard for people to speak up. The author gives guidance about what to do instead of shutting down dissent in the article. Taking these actions will help you get out of the agreement.

The higher the leader goes, the more likely they are to be surrounded by people who agree with them. The affinity bias causes us to favor, associate with, and hire people to whom we feel most similar. Problem-solving methods that lead to groupthink and the difficulty of establishing psychological safety are related to the lack of diverse perspectives. These forces can cause leaders to get stuck in an echo chamber.