10 Phrases That Undermine Your Credibility

We agreed to circles, but I really think squares would be best. Although there are exceptions, there is a time and place for discussion and debate. Once your internal team reaches a decision, you get on board or stand by your disagreement. If your team believes it has reached consensus, only to find out later that you're speaking out against the decision to an external audience, you risk losing the confidence of your team. If you said you're on board, you have to stick by that agreement until conditions change and you've had a chance to discuss it again internally with your team. Telling two groups different things (especially when on the basis of what you think they want to hear) doesn't end well.