You can be too nice

At least, that's the premise of this article in CIO magazine:

http://www.cio.com/article/450066/The_Danger_of_Being_Too_Nice_at_Work_

But when you drill in a little at the author's web site at http://www.niceguystrategies.com, you'll see that it depends on how you define "nice". Nice guys defer confrontation, and focus on the needs of others.

Although I'm sure there are many nice guys for whom that is true, I believe that there are people who are concerned for the organization first, decisive, assertive, and will still be labeled "nice".

I hope that kind of nice is still in vogue, but some of the comments on the CIO article might lead you to believe otherwise.