Backing someone else’s good idea loudly is leadership too. Not every good move needs to be yours.

An idea usually dies not because it was rejected but because no second voice picked it up. Backing one out loud is often the decisive act, more decisive than proposing it was, and it costs nothing beyond the chance to be the clever one that day. Groups are shaped as much by what gets endorsed as by what gets suggested.

When something good is said this week, say so immediately and clearly rather than nodding along. Use the person’s name and repeat their point in your own words. Keep doing that and the room starts producing better ideas.