There are many reasons why you are NOT getting all the feedback you need from others—from people not knowing how to give feedback, inarticulate customers or clients, indifference or lack of time. This, of course, is disappointing. But often there is more feedback than we realize—the results of our actions and inactions—we just aren’t paying attention to feedback that exists because of our issues. So don’t blame others for not giving you feedback, start paying attention to the feedback that is available and you likely are missing.

Talent is that unique combination of what you are born with and what you develop to a high degree over your lifetime. Talent is evident in consistently high performance.

But if the research is right, and positive atmosphere, greater engagement, inspiration, socially intelligent workplaces yield greater productivity, it is time to wise up—not just for the purpose of being a decent person—although that would be very nice indeed. The point is that if we don’t clean up our collective attitudes at work, organization’s recovery could be in doubt.