Lead by Example, Not by Lecturing

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I did this for a long time, but it doesn’t scale. At some point those other people actually need to do their jobs. I tried solving this by building tools and systems to make their jobs easier. This worked for some people, but others just need to be allowed to fail. No amount of help will be enough and bad situations end up being prolonged.

It is also very frustrating to watch people get promoted after taking or assuming credit for all the work you quietly do behind the scenes.

Thank you for your thoughts.

About other people get promoted by the work you do quietly, I think there are three factors that makes a work not noticeable:

1. the quality of the work 2. the presentation of the work (show your work to people that maters) 3. the direct manager unfairness

The first two are in your control, if you think you have done all you can do. I think you should act to change the situation: talking to HR about the situation and/or search for another company

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