How to Handle Tall Poppy Syndrome and Madras Crabs in the workplace

tall poppy syndrome

“True heroism is remarkably sober,  very undramatic.  It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever the cost, but the urge to serve others whatever the cost.”Arthur Ashe

I’ve been working with a client this past week who’s something of a maverick. A rebel. A person who has a different opinion and ideas about the way forward. It’s a joy for me to work with someone so intent on making a real difference and not content to follow the way things have been done in that particular organisation for years. Because the organisation is in a bit of a rut. They’re not growing, they’re stagnating. And before long, they could easily simply die out.

This leader has passion and believes that, with a few changes, things could be different. That there is life in the old dog yet.

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