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Yes Man

Also Known As

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Summary

Situation where employees are always agreeing with the superior.

Context

Leaders are making mistakes because they aren’t listening to the team, team value is low and the environment in the team isn’t good because honesty is punished and it’s impossible to have a true collaboration

Symptoms and Consequences

  • There is no feedback from workers, this situation leads to a lack of innovation and most of the time the best solutions aren’t achieved.
  • Fear of speaking.
  • Sometimes relations between the team aren’t the best.
  • Poor decision making.
  • General risk increases.

Causes

  • Fear of retaliation.
  • Desire for approval.

Solution

  • Creation of a culture where the leaders are open to critics.
  • Support team involvement in the projects, asking for opinions.
  • Implementation of mechanisms to receive feedback from the team.

Notes

We can identify this anti pattern in meetings that the majority doesn’t speak, is just accepting ideas or order from others.

Related Anti-patterns

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Sources

[DAR'23], [PAR'25]