Depends entirely on the situation and the personalities involved. Sometimes a strong leader can just step in and be accepted, other times one or more people in the group will balk at a strong hand. Sometimes you can lead without anyone realizing you're the leader and that they are being led.

I've been in situations where a number of people on a committee each had their own idea. Any one of the options would have worked, and all the leader needed to do was pick one at random. Instead, nothing was resolved and we came away with no solution at all.


That would be the people in Marketing.