Everyday Is an Interview
One of the quickest ways professionalism erodes is in meetings, not through silence, but through performance.
You have seen it.
An employee who asks question after question, not to clarify or contribute, but to expose gaps. Each comment is framed as curiosity yet designed to highlight a new supervisor’s inexperience while elevating their own status among colleagues.
That is not leadership.
That is not professionalism.
That is insecurity disguised as engagement.
Professionalism means respecting the role, even when the person in it is new.
Organizations succeed when people help their leaders win. That does not mean blind agreement. It means asking questions with purpose, offering context privately, and choosing collaboration over correction as a public sport.
If you have experience, use it to strengthen the team, not weaken trust.
If you see a gap, fill it; do not spotlight it.
If you want influence, earn it through support, not sabotage.
True professionals understand timing, tone, and intent. They know the difference between helping and posturing. They accept their role with dignity, even when ego tempts them otherwise.
Every meeting is an interview.
Professionalism is being remembered as someone who made the work and the people better.
“Professionalism is not proving you are the smartest person in the room. It is making the room stronger.”
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Everyday is an Interview 