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We Have Turned “Professionalism” Into a Polite Way of Saying “Don’t Speak”

The workplace loves the language of openness, but often rewards something very different: employees who know when to stay quiet, when to smile and when not to make leadership uncomfortable.

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We Have Turned “Professionalism” Into a Polite Way of Saying “Don’t Speak”

We tell employees to speak up until someone actually does. Then suddenly, the problem is not what was said, but how it was said.

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