DON'T HOLD BACK

As the business environment continues to change, so too must our views of what constitutes effective leadership behavior and high performance. It's arguable that working hard, being a team player, and having good rapport with the boss used to offer a decent measure of success and security. That is hardly the situation today.

In the past, self-promotion was a source of ill will and bad feelings. No one even called it self-promotion unless that term was preceded by the word shameless. Everyone talked about it at the water cooler, pointed fingers at the worst offenders, and got annoyed with management for its failure to recognize the consequences. Few addressed it head on or thought about their own contributions to this dysfunctional ...

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