Are you a cooperative employee? It's not a simple question. For example, you are able to hold back pointing out the flaw or spotting the shortcoming in a project or process and instead listen to others, join with the team, and play a crucial role in an activity at work? Right now may not be the best time to point out problems, but instead, wait for a more appropriate time. Can you check yourself, gauge the environment, see the larger purpose, and participate in an organizational effort where your work style matches the tempo of your team? If you are bright, keen on taking action, and a great organizer or leader, holding back may be difficult, but these skills in self-control are the sign of a mature employee. Skills at cooperation show others that you are also self-disciplined, emphatic, self-aware, and patient. All these traits, which are linked to cooperation, help make being cooperative a highly valued soft skill for you career.