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