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Why are people more likely to accept a decision made by a committee?

They had a voice in making it.

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  1. Committees study every issue faster
  2. People had a voice in creating it ✔
  3. The chair personally approved it

Why: Committees give people a seat at the table, and people support decisions they helped shape. Learn to Lead also says good ideas can come from anyone and groups can be smarter than one person.

Huh, didn't know that: A committee is a group trusted to study issues, recommend or decide, or serve a larger group.

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Why did the committee bring a chair for everyone? So nobody felt left standing.
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Answer: People had a voice in creating it. Committees give people a seat at the table, and people support decisions they helped shape. Learn to Lead also says good ideas can come from anyone and groups can be smarter than one person.

  1. Learn to Lead, Volume 3: Indirect Leadership, chapter 10 (Civil Air Patrol) www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/L2LVolume_3__LOW_FINAL_4_MAY_13CC68236BDFE.pdf
    people are more likely to support, or at least accept, the decisions they had a voice in creating.
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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