Don't be a quiet professional
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That's what diversity is about. Be quiet if you're a quiet guy or don't be quiet if it is your type. Or just take the best out of the two.
I'm just fed up with those posts that tell you to act boldly without discernment.
But he seems to be advocate complaining even when nobody is listening. (The twitter comment at the end points to this.) This is wrong, too.
The true professional works quietly and efficiently, but alerts others to problem areas if and when they arise. Suggestions on how to correct those problems are offered without insisting on them.
"Quiet professional" doesn't mean you sit by and watch your world go to pot. It doesn't mean that you remain silent either. It does mean that you don't spend your days hand-waving, bitching and rumor mongering, and look for productive solutions to problems.
It's funny to see all the debate on here, which is mostly semantic. A quiet professional is the man that does the best work but you never noticed he was there. He's never in the news except maybe a Forbes 100 list where you go "I've never heard of that guy." Contrast a quiet professional with someone like Kanye West or Donald Trump.
Being a silent robot is bad because then I don't get to find out that your morale was dropping because of something easily fixable. Being a drag on your team by only ever talking about stuff that you don't like is another easy way to Do It Wrong - don't do that either.
Nice timing.
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