by Jackie McClellan

Created on: September 21, 2007

While you definitely may act different in your place of business, compromising who you are and lowering your standards to that of a 'yes' man/woman is nothing short of demeaning who you are.

It is possible to disagree with your supervisor and still have a job at the end of the day. In some cases, your boss will actually respect you more for having a backbone. Otherwise, if you are always trying to look good, then you are more susceptible to being walked all over or not taken seriously.

The most important thing in life is to maintain your integrity. Certainly, you have to follow the rules of the position in order to put food on the table, but the more you put yourself in that position that you are always inferior and always have the 'right' answers for your employers, the more you are actually holding yourself back from growing, both professionally and personally.

Also, kissing up to the boss will certainly put you at odds with many of your co-workers. While you are not necessarily there to make friends, creating divisions among the ranks will devalue your position. Perhaps down the road you have to work on a project with someone who thinks your 'kissing up' is quite annoying and pretentious.

But, most of all, there is just really no need for it. If you follow the specifics of your job, and do it well, that should certainly speak for itself.

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