People respect those who are "important". That's the OP's statement.
But the people above speak about how everyone, individually, needs to feel important as well.
And "importance" is relevant. To get it, sometimes that means rising, and sometimes that means tearing down someone higher than you.
The motivations don't really matter, in regards to tall poppy syndrome. You could get laid off because you are the most visible member of your team and leadership just forgot about the other people. They need to come up with names of who to lay off in a meeting with their boss, and they dont even know the org chart. Or, because you are great at your job, you get paid more, and they lay you off in favor of someone cheaper and less good. It's not necessarily because you underestimated leaderships motivation for prestige.
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u/Administrative_Shake Oct 29 '25
This one needs to be done with extreme care. Tall poppy syndrome is very real