25 Signs that you will never make it to the top!
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R. MAK. 19 February, 2009
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Making to the top in corporate ladder is everyone’s dream. It take guts and luck, and lots of it to get to the top. I don’t know a single world class leader who made it to the top and showed any of the signs I have listed below. as they say *hit can take you to the top, but it won’t help you stay there…
Read through the list carefully and see where you are lacking and try to cover up those personality flaws to become a great team player and leader….
- You fail to keep your promises, agreements and commitments.
- You serve your self first and others only when it is convenient.
- You micromanage and resist delegating.
- You demonstrate an inconsistency between what you say and how you behave.
- You fail to share critical information with your colleagues.
- You choose to not tell the truth.
- You resort to blaming and scapegoating others rather than own your mistakes.
- You judge, and criticize rather than offer constructive feedback.
- You betray confidences, gossip and talk about others behind their backs.
- You choose to not allow others to contribute or make decisions.
- You downplay others’ talents, knowledge and skills.
- You refuse to support others with their professional development.
- You resist creating shared values, expectations and intentions in favor of your own agenda; you refuse to compromise and foster win-lose arguments.
- You refuse to be held accountable by your colleagues.
- You resist discussing your personal life, allowing your vulnerability, disclosing your weaknesses and admitting your relationship challenges.
- You rationalize sarcasm, put-down humor and off-putting remarks as “good for the group”.
- You fail to admit you need support and don’t ask colleagues for help.
- You take others’ suggestions and critiques as personal attacks.
- You fail to speak up in team meetings and avoid contributing constructively.
- You refuse to consider the idea of constructive conflict and avoid conflict at all costs.
- You consistently hijack team meetings and move them off topic.
- You refuse to follow through on decisions agreed upon at team meetings.
- You secretly engage in back-door negotiations with other team members to create your own alliances.
- You refuse to give others the benefit of the doubt and prefer to judge them without asking them to explain their position or actions.
- You refuse to apologize for mistakes, misunderstandings and inappropriate behavior and dig your heels in to defend yourself and protect your reputation.
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In my nearly 60 years experience the above is exactly what one does to climb the corporate ladder. Corporate capitalists are parasites that feed off of the work of others and will, lie, cheat, steal, even kill to get to the top. Damn that felt good to write. I do love the truth.
Based on my observations of the corporate world, many of those traits are — if not required — at least very widespread among successful executives. An unwillingness to compromise ethics in pursuit of money generally leads to a life rich in ethics and poor in money.
Well either I accept the changing world we live in or I hope for a better one, but that list is half(at best) true to get to the top.
The other 2 posters hit the nail on the head if not.
This post is nonsense. People rise to the top because they want to get to the top and they want to do whatever they have to in order to get there.
Sorry, poster. There are exceptions to this rule, but they are exceptions.
the title should read “25 signs that you will always be used, abused and stay rock bootom”.