team player (phr).

by Graham Email

An empty, reflexive and perjorative slogan used by mediocre leaders to slander employees who raise valid objections to proposals, ideas, actions or strategy proposed by leaders, and refuse to back down when the objections are not addressed by the leaders. Usually deployed as a post-hoc explanation for the departure of the employee(s) as in "Fred/Mary/Joe/Linda left because he/she was not a team player"