HIMPower Magazine HimPower July 2018 | Page 32

PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT ASK THE CAREER EXPERT How to Get Credit for Your Ideas by Hope LeNoir Q Hope LeNoir My manager and I both applied for the position she now has. I report to her which makes it uncomfortable for both of us. For the most part, I have moved on and believe my time is coming. Since she started in the role, though, I am starting to see a pattern. Whenever I make a suggestion or offer an idea she shuts me down or rewords it and takes credit for it with the unit leader. We have to work together, but I don’t know how to make our working rela- tionship better without her trying to sabotage my career. Do you have any thoughts on how I can get my ideas out and make peace with her? 32  HimPower July 2018