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I’d think One of two things:
1. they are intimidated by me
2. They want to receive some of the credit for the work I’m doing so they look good infront of seniors or stakeholders
1 is a problem, 2 is easily fixed by stroking their ego and saying the right things infront of the right people.
This seems like such a negative way to come at it. Either they are jealous or want to take credit? Damn
I’m so flabbergasted by the responses here. Depends on the tone, but for me, my first thought is “relief”. I’ve been a high performer the last year and a half but been battling burnout for the last few months and if my manager asked me to take it easy I’d be feeling grateful—like they cared about my mental well-being over my productivity.
Even if your manager doesn't recognise the right thing to do, know that burn out is bad for everyone but especially you, and avoiding that should be your number one priority. No matter how you do it, take a step back and look after yourself, or you might find in a month / year you don't know how to deal with it anymore. If you do find yourself in that position (or anyone else), DM me.
"GET ON MY LEVEL!!"
Again like so many others have commented, I would ask for further input from your boss. Perhaps, to approach it a little differently, I would try to understand exactly what their definition of “performance “ translates to? Possibly saying something like:”I’m happy to focus or prioritize my efforts on what you feel is most important to our firm- - can you please guide me on how and where I can best employ my strengths and where perhaps I should not concentrate my work” ?
Watch this training - I found it extremely helpful when thinking about prioritizing what’s most important at work. Check this out on LinkedIn Learning: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/prioritizing-effectively-as-a-leader?trk=share_ios_course_learning&shareId=1s05qBrKReq+VSVmd3SWOQ==
Definitely depends on context. If it is motivated because they see you grinding yourself unnecessarily or are burning out, I'd say that's a good manager, even better if they talk to you about managing expectations and time to help you stay a high performers without killing yourself.
If it's like a situation I recently ran into where a project director told one of our editors to "slow down" because he was going to give the producers unrealistic expectations for project turnaround times, that's a problem. It was said in a group situation and the editor spoke with him in a side convo 1:1 and told the PD he wasn't going to lower his performance to help others look better and called out the PD on saying stuff like that. It turns out the PD meant it as a compliment to the editor because he is so fast, but understood the feedback.
Don't devalue your performance because others can't keep up. And it's not your responsibility to lower your performance for "the producers". I say this as a producer, and the producer on the project mentioned above. A good producer/manager/leader will be able to see people's strengths and weaknesses. If you're faster by leagues to your fellow editors, awesome! We'll take note and adjust our schedules when you get assigned to our projects ;) Everyone has something they bring to the table and if you all need to confirm for "the producers" or team leads then they're shitty producers and leads.
TL;DR: Never lower yourself or your performance, no matter who is asking you to. It devalues the experience you bring to the table. BUT - if the advice is motivated because you're burned out or are grinding yourself unnecessarily, heed the advice! The best high performers know how to regulate themselves so they can produce good work without being at 150% all the time. No one can sustain that.
This is the honest leadership most people need. We need someone to tell us to slow down and avoid burnout. I would chill the F* up. Take a couple PTO days.
What if instead he’s telling you “you’re burning yourself out” stop. That’s assuming you’re an out performer. 🙄
Relieved!
Get a new job he is threatened by you clearly