During your career, a big factor that contributes to you advancing or keeping a job is how much you’re liked.
However, job descriptions typically don’t list likeability as a KPI.
Likeability is especially important in the early stages of your career when you have less experience or expertise. And if you don’t foster relationships with your colleagues effectively, it can certainly work against you in the later stages of your career.
Of course, your ability to deliver results is a major determinant for your remuneration and position. Though you won’t be doing your career any favours if you’re a brilliant jerk, as coined by Netflix: Brilliant Jerks. Some companies tolerate them. For us, [the] cost to effective teamwork is too high.
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