Certain employee type exists who have a highly collaborative nature and get along very well across all departments in the organization. These people, however, tend to often score low on their appraisals as they do not particularly excel at anything as they can never focus on one aspect in detail. Such employees are by and large women. These women can avoid such situations and succeed at the real metrics that matter at the workplace while continuing to be their usual helpful selves if certain norms are followed by the organization. The organization must stick to goal-oriented feedback instead of personality based which is often the case in female employees’ case. As part of the company’s talent management schemes, these people must be clearly informed about their path to promotion. However, some metrics must be designed to leverage their collaborative nature as well. A concerted focus on results must be maintained. Most importantly, employees must get rid of their hidden but inherent biases especially regarding female employees.

Source: https://hbr.org/2016/06/the-fine-line-between-a-collaborative-employee-and-one-who-doesnt-get-enough-done