TEN THINGS HIGH PERFORMERS DO THAT MANAGEMENT QUIETLY PUNISHES

TEN THINGS HIGH PERFORMERS DO THAT MANAGEMENT QUIETLY PUNISHES 1. YOU FIX PROBLEMS NOBODY ASSIGNED YOU You saw it broken, so you fixed it. And now it is yours forever, and nobody's paying you for it. 2. YOU TELL THE TRUTH IN THE MEETING You said the thing everyone was thinking. And you are the one who got called difficult for it. 3. YOU WORK TOO FAST You finished early, so they handed you more. your reward for being good was extra work someone else should have already been doing. 4. YOU DON'T NEED MANAGING You run yourself. So your manager forgets you exist, right up until review time. 5. YOU TRAIN EVERYBODY ELSE Every new hire learns from you. And then a few of them get the promotion you should have received. 6. YOU CARE ABOUT QUALITY You would not let it go out looking sloppy. And somebody upstairs called you a bottleneck for it. 7. YOU COVER FOR THE PERSON WHO IS FAILING You carried them quietly. So, leadership never had to deal with the problem. They still don't. 8. YOU ASK WHY One honest question. And suddenly you've got an attitude problem. 9. YOU DON'T PLAY THE GAME You thought the work would speak for itself. The person who golfs with the boss knows better. 10. YOU NEVER COMPLAIN You just absorb it, so they keep adding, because you never gave them a reason to stop. LOOK AT THE LIST AGAIN, EVERY ONE OF THOSE IS A STRENGTH. YOU WERE NEVER TOO MUCH. YOU WERE JUST SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO NEEDED YOU TO BE LESS.