Many ambitious workers spend their whole careers toiling and strategizing to get ahead. If their career trajectories plateau, they may blame the bosses who failed to recognize their brilliance and promote them, or the corporate politics that hampered their ascent, or the no-win assignments they took on. They point at everyone and everything except themselves.
But experts say that a half dozen very common traits and actions frequently stall out high performers, impeding otherwise rosy career paths. “When you see these behaviours in yourself or teams, they’re something that you really need to pay attention to and adjust.
Here are the four behaviors and traits that most often obstruct performance and stall promising careers. They are to be avoided like your career depends on it—because it does: