Amazing read. Now it finally makes sense to me why these things are the way they are. Always thought skills and grit are the only key points, apparently subjectivity plays a big role as well.
This read felt eye opening to me. I experience this daily as part of a massive corporation: my manager is incompetent to manage or lead me and my peers and was hired based on irrelevant CV. He is likely to get promoted soon.
I got a taste of a startup recently and realized that’s where I excel. Time to re-evaluate.
“In practice people gravitate to, hire and promote individuals they like to be around, not people who demand accountability.”
“Leaders are (often) rated by their own bosses, which explains why leaders are so busy managing up — when good leadership is about managing down.”
I used to be tremendously frustrated in my professional life 'til this became clear to me. I still cannot play likeability process in favor of competence, but at least I know why I'm not favorably considered for (certain) roles.
Amazing read. Now it finally makes sense to me why these things are the way they are. Always thought skills and grit are the only key points, apparently subjectivity plays a big role as well.
This read felt eye opening to me. I experience this daily as part of a massive corporation: my manager is incompetent to manage or lead me and my peers and was hired based on irrelevant CV. He is likely to get promoted soon.
I got a taste of a startup recently and realized that’s where I excel. Time to re-evaluate.
Incompetency prevails everywhere!
“In practice people gravitate to, hire and promote individuals they like to be around, not people who demand accountability.”
“Leaders are (often) rated by their own bosses, which explains why leaders are so busy managing up — when good leadership is about managing down.”
I used to be tremendously frustrated in my professional life 'til this became clear to me. I still cannot play likeability process in favor of competence, but at least I know why I'm not favorably considered for (certain) roles.