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In pretty much every situation where someone else was 'in charge' and he was the right hand man.. Angel as his commanding officer, Burt takes charge in the tower, Marcus in charge of the Colony, Kimmet in charge of Irwin... Michael still had a take charge personality and still stood up and spoke his mind and did what needed to be done; for some reason he doesn't seem to be the same with CJ.

Could it be because he likes her leadership more than the others? because she is a woman? because he feels in the other scenarios it didn't work out well so he wants to change it up? maybe he feels CJ is giving him enough freedom to do what he wants so no need to take charge on his own?

I don't know the exact reason but it is very noticeably different and a very drastic shift in his basic personality, without much of an explanation as to why the change has occurred.
IMHO, Michael's a non-com by training. As long as someone is around to plan strategy and he doesn't totally disagree with them, he's willing to take direction. And CJ is mostly aware of how far she can push people, so she usually compromises just enough to keep the operation going.

Michael's also a little bit passive and emo, as shown by his relationship with Pegs or letting everyone talk him into a party, but that's why we love him.