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Want to stand out at work? Stop trying to be a star

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25.04.2026

Want to stand out at work? Stop trying to be a star

The highest-performing teams aren’t built on individual brilliance. They’re built on trust, and collaboration.

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BY Lindy Elkins-Tanton

Our culture of individualism pushes each person to try to be a star. “Team player” has even come to have the negative implication of subverting one’s own well-being and best advantage, and maybe even becoming invisible to leadership.

To counteract these possibly negative effects of selfless invisible toiling,........

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