alt Hacker NewsI want to agree but I’ve observed a contrary pattern a few times: when higher levels of management don’t get this principle, and are themselves poor leaders and role models, they can take this at face value and believe that the juniors get all the credit and local leadership is contributing nothing.
Soft skills need to be valued from above in order to be workable strategies in the trenches. And often / usually that’s how it works.. but not always.
Having been there, it’s a lose lose situation, where you will constantly be berated for either not mentoring enough or not contributing enough, and it’s better to move on than play the shifting winds.