My manager told me to “take initiative” but shut down every idea I brought to the table. I’m starting to think they just wanted me to read their mind, not actually lead. Anyone else get punished for thinking independently?

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Ask your manager what you taking initiative would look like. Specific examples of where you could’ve done this. If they can’t come up with something, it’s crap feedback.

It’s also entirely valid to bring up times when you tried to take initiative and were shut down. Ask what you could’ve done differently to have a better outcome.

So true.

I can’t stand when my ideas aren’t taken seriously.

Absolutely! I had to have a sit down with my manager at the time about this and slowly things moved in the right direction

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