Want to understand any team, school or job? Watch what actually gets rewarded, not what’s on the poster.

Stated values describe what a place wants to be true. Rewards describe what is actually true, because rewards are where the real decisions land. If the poster says teamwork and the person who gets promoted took the credit, then the poster is decoration. Watching who gets praised, picked, and protected teaches you the rules faster than any handbook.

Wherever you are this week, find one gap between what gets said and what gets rewarded. Then decide what to do with that information, including whether you want to stay.