What To Do When a Colleague Takes Credit For Your Ideas (Idea Theft Protection)

Risky Conversations with Jamie Lee

What should you do when a colleague (or a manager) takes credit for your ideas at work?
According to Harvard Business Review, it's a matter of when, not if.
You’ll speak up in a meeting with managers and offer a strategic solution to a business problem only to be unacknowledged, ignored, or worse yet, shushed.

Then a colleague — almost always a man — will paraphrase your idea and get praised for it.
It's infuriating. It hurts.

While injustices exist, you don’t want to idly stand by and let it happen to you.

You want to be able to identify the patterns that lead to this sort of thing, so you can nip it in the bud. You want to call it out when someone tries to take credit for your ideas, claim the credit you deserve, and right the wrong.
In this episode, I'm walking you through

1. Specific patterns to watch out for
2. How to effect change by focusing on what you can control
3. What to say and how when someone tries to take credit for your ideas in a meeting

Featured in the episode:

• Episode 1: Self-Advocacy is an Act of Service
• Episode 8: How to Get Better Paid: Pitfalls to Avoid (Tiara Syndrome)
• Episode 33: One from Anti-Anxiety Toolkit
• Episode 66: Demo of Self-Directed Neuroplasticity Tools
• 7 Tricky Work Situations, and How to Respond to Them, By Alicia Bassuk on Harvard Business Review

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