If Everyone at Work Likes You, You’re Spending Too Much Time Playing It Safe

Value your adversaries, and be willing to confront your allies

Bartolomeo Veneto — Four People Laughing, early 16th Century

Advice abounds online on how to cultivate your workplace emotional intelligence. On how to convert every interview into an offer. On how to read a room and win over an audience. On how to wield modes of communication as a precision…