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Can you individually succeed in an environment like this or will the teams priorities drag you down?
If it seems like there's a mismatch, do something about it. You can always find something else.
Btw being a leader is way more than having some senior position, a leader is someone who the team looks to for guidance, inspiration, and growth. Don’t need to have some fancy title to give that, don’t have to be formally in charge either.
It wouldn't really take any more work either in the long run.
It really is a matter of attitude, it's so intangible but everyone has their own ambition level and some may never be able to level up beyond a certain point.
Sometimes everyone has to function close to the low common denominator, and it really can work at its own level. At the other end of the spectrum a team dependent on all high-performers going full speed will feel crippled with one person being out for one day.
If you've done the high-performance thing in the past, it can actually be less frustrating when you get into a laid-back environment, since you already know what you can do. It can be rewarding recognizing how manyX more effective everyone would be even if you can't utilize it at the time.
Also when you're going full steam that won't last either so you need to be prepared attitudewise for a more laid-back period after that too.
It's when you never have pushed your own performance to your above-average target level yet that you might benefit by moving way sooner from a place that's too laid-back. This may be early-career advice but it's good to know early what you really could do with the resources if you had the chance, even if you just prove it to yourself.