is it okay if I’m just here to work?

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Recently, I received the feedback that I’m not relational enough in a professional setting. This feedback seems to be entirely driven by observations made about me when I’m in weekly team meetings.

Let me back up a bit. There are these weekly 90 minute meetings where the larger team comes together and checks in. Now, out of those 90 minutes, about 5–7 minutes include updates that are tangentially…