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Your Nice Boss May Be Killing Your Career

Harvard Business Review

His manager gave him top ratings in his performance evaluations, space to do his work, and had never been controlling. He had learned how to survive in the bureaucracy: don''t make too many waves, don''t cause problems. He played the political game well enough to still be there but not well enough to strengthen his reputation.

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