[YorickPeterse]

> how can you assure that? it seems like a classic self-fulfilling prophecy of arrogance.

Because colleagues have told me so, and the annual employee reviews were positive as well. In fact, outside the PEP the only actionable/to-improve feedback I got was essentially "Sometimes you can be a little harsh/blunt", which is vastly different from "this person is difficult to work with".