Why your toxic colleagues climb to the top
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Why your toxic colleagues climb to the top
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Re: Why your toxic colleagues climb to the top
#2Two words: social skills.
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#32020
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#4And then there are people like me, I only have hard skills and not enough soft skills. People end up not trusting me because they find out I'm hiding skills. And I end up not using them, and not even trying to convince people what's the right thing to do
Re: Why your toxic colleagues climb to the top
#5Two words: social skills.
Not really. Social skills are just that - skills. How you apply these skills, whether you choose to apply them is a different matter. There are many non-toxic people with social skills who do not flourish in these corporate environments.
Moreover, I have met many successful people who are mostly just manipulative and not what one would call naturally social. Maybe that also falls into the "social skill" category but I would differentiate that.
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#62020
True. But I don’t necessarily think it changes things.
It’d be nice to see a follow up incorporating what we’ve learned about the whole wfh/hybrid practices of late.
But my guess is that the same group will climb just as they would have before. If anything, I’d guess the effect will be made even more pronounced.
Re: Why your toxic colleagues climb to the top
#7Two words: social skills.
Social skills is almost the opposite of being toxic.
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#8A toxic world. We live in a world where good people being silenced and bad people become creators, influencers... And kids grow up being taught (being influenced) by admiring fake things: fake smiles, fake tears, fake beliefs, fake beauties...
I don't think the words "social skills" are correct. "Dark skills" are more suitable, just like the dark patterns. All come down to the human nature.
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#9And then there are people like me, I only have hard skills and not enough soft skills. People end up not trusting me because they find out I'm hiding skills. And I end up not using them, and not even trying to convince people what's the right thing to do
And whose fault is it for being aware that you lack skills but refusing to develop them?
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#10And then there are people like me, I only have hard skills and not enough soft skills. People end up not trusting me because they find out I'm hiding skills. And I end up not using them, and not even trying to convince people what's the right thing to do
I'm not sure I follow you. Why are you hiding your skills?