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Re:The annoying habits of highly effective people by manigandham on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @08:52AM (#18121051)
But that is your job, is it not? What is wrong with the person in charge of the entire department being recognized for meeting the goal? Are they not working hard in their position? What did they do before their current position and what is stopping you from getting to theirs?

There's a tendency to minimize the work by others because we don't have the same perspective, but it's rarely ever accurate. Or helpful.

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Re:The annoying habits of highly effective people by dagw on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @04:32AM (#18128520)
What is wrong with the person in charge of the entire department being recognized for meeting the goal?

If they played a material role in meeting the goals then nothing. The question is so much about who is getting recognized as who isn't getting recognized. If you want to get recognized and get ahead then simply putting your head down and doing hard work isn't going to get you there.

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