Being Collaborative May Hurt Your Chances For Promotion

Spending too much time on collaboration and being well-liked will hurt your ability to make progress in your career.

Coaching client: My team is delivering high-quality work. I am getting praise regularly from my team, my manager, and a few senior leaders about how much I am supporting the team. And yet, whenever I ask about promotion to Director, I am brushed off. And my peer, who is less well-liked, just got a promotion instead. Why? How can I change this?

When we d…