Ask for help like a pro

So how do we go about demonstrating these things. When it comes to demonstrating competence, for example, what I realized is there's actually a certain song and dance that you're expected to do in many workplaces when you have a question. So the C plus way of approaching an ambiguous situation is to, well, do what I did, which is to put my head down, put some extra effort into it, and just hope that it'll work itself out and not ask questions, because I'm worried about coming across as incompetent or lazy. The B plus approach is to go to your manager or a coworker and to say, "I'm stuck. What do I do next?" Which is an open-ended question. An A plus approach is to say, "Pete, I'm struggling with this. I tried looking here and here, I couldn't quite find the answer. So I approached my colleague, Sally and we couldn't quite sort it out either. Should I be taking Approach A, Approach B, or Approach C? I'm leaning towards Approach B, but let me know if I'm not thinking about this the…