"Most contemporary organizations use management teams to manage and coordinate their businesses at all levels of the organizational hierarchy. Management teams typically set overall goals, strategies and priorities, making vital organizational decisions. They discuss issues, solve problems,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore why executives participating in a top management team meeting avoid speaking up when they experience the goal as unclear or the discussion as wandering off track. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 21 executives (CEOs and level 2...