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“Stop talking to your boss about your peers & start talking to your peers about your peers.”

Name: “Stop talking to your boss about your peers & start talking to your peers about your peers.”
Uploaded: 2022-04-26T17:54:25+00:00
Duration: 40 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this monologue, the speaker contrasts how criticism from a manager feels numb compared to the sting of letting down a peer group. Using a classroom…

26 Apr 2022 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker contrasts how criticism from a manager feels numb compared to the sting of letting down a peer group. Using a classroom analogy, they explain that feedback from teammates you relate to creates a stronger sense of isolation and motivation when you fail to meet expectations. The core advice is to shift focus away from discussing peer performance with your boss and instead address performance issues directly with the peers themselves, especially in high‑growth or fast‑moving companies where team accountability is crucial.

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You're in the classroom and your teacher tells you that, you know, you did a bad job on something, blah blah, you know, you suck. You're like, okay, well, I hate the teacher anyways. Or like, the teacher always brings me the bad news. Like, you're almost numb to it because the teacher's the only person delivering you the bad news. But say you have a group that you're accountable to and you have to complete a project and you fail to meet the requirements of that project, and your group says, you let us down, we're waiting on you, what are you doing? You're like, oh, because those are people that you relate to. It gives you more of a feeling of isolation when you are not able to live up to the expectations of the entire team and not just the leader, because you're almost numb to what the leader's saying. And so if you're in a high-growth company or even just a company in general, stop talking to your boss about your peers and start talking to your peers about your peers.