The higher you go, the more people agree with you. That’s exactly when you need someone who won’t.

Agreement follows status more reliably than it follows truth. As your position rises, the people around you have more to lose by contradicting you, so they stop, and the silence starts to feel like consensus. What you hear as being right is often just other people being careful.

Pick one person whose judgment you trust and ask them directly to tell you when you are wrong, then make it safe when they do. Notice the meetings where nobody pushed back and treat that as a question rather than a win. Thank the person who disagrees, even when it stings.