I'm not a team leader and have no interest in becoming one. Moreover, I spent most of my adult life hiding behind a professional persona and all it did was make me miserable because people only noticed me when they wanted something from me.
I'm done with that nonsense. I won't embarrass the company, insult clients, or create a hostile work environment but otherwise I'm not going to pretend that I left my personality in the car.
If you can't accept me then you don't deserve me. Fit that into your culture if you can.
do you think professionalism was the main cause of people only seeing you instrumentally? if so, I'd be interested to hear more about your definition of professionalism
I honestly have no idea if my notion of professionalism was the main cause of others only seeing me instrumentally, but my idea of professionalism is to come in, do the job well, not talk about anything unrelated to the job, attend unavoidable company functions, and then go home. Anything not directly related to the job remained outside the office.
I'm done with that nonsense. I won't embarrass the company, insult clients, or create a hostile work environment but otherwise I'm not going to pretend that I left my personality in the car.
If you can't accept me then you don't deserve me. Fit that into your culture if you can.