Looking at this dynamic, that shift between group settings and one-on-ones tracks pretty well. Leo placements tend to need to feel like the visible leader, especially around others, while Virgo energy is more comfortable critiquing in private where it reads as helpful instead of undermining.

The move that usually works: save the detailed feedback for those one-on-ones (sounds like you already figured that out) and in group settings, frame anything critical as building on her idea rather than correcting it. Leo bosses respond really well to feeling like the vision is still theirs even when youre the one refining it.

omg the "fine one on one, prickly in front of others" thing is so real. had a leo boss for two years and this was basically the whole relationship lol