Advocate vs push
Argue for something with reasoning, while staying open to being wrong.
“I'm advocating for the extra sprint, not pushing it through.”
When “push” is right“Leadership pushed the launch date through despite the team's concerns.”
Practice it out loud
Pick a real decision from this week and say, without filler words: "We have consensus, not unanimity, on ___." Notice if you reach for "everyone agreed" when what actually happened was consensus.