When a coworker provokes you in public, then tells people you’re “defensive” or “hostile”, that’s not feedback. It’s a power play – the Character Flip – a piece of office politics designed to recast you as the problem so their own behaviour looks reasonable.
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Most professionals underestimate how much damage one “let me tell you what best practice is” colleague can do to their reputation.
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How 𝗡𝗢𝗧 to handle someone taking credit for your work
Being 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 and telling yourself “it’s not worth the fuss” is exactly how someone else ends up looking like the one who did the work.
Still treating a jealous 𝗰𝗼𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀 “𝗻𝗼 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹” 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 that quietly damages your reputation.
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“I’ve gone ahead and done some work on your project to help you out”- and if you do nothing….
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