vainglorying

Example:His humility made him better at leading the team than his vainglorious colleagues.

Definition:the quality of being humble; modest opinion of one's own importance

Example:It is the duty of a great man to practice the virtue of modesty and to dissociate himself from every form of vainglory.

Definition:a lack of pride or conceit; restraint of the spirit to prevent such feelings as pride, self-esteem, and self-assertiveness; a refusal to be arrogant or proud

Example:She did not like the attention and asked for self-effacement to avoid the vainglory she was experiencing.

Definition:the act of diminishing one's prominence to be inconspicuous or not noticeable, especially with regard to one's own importance