Conflict, credit, drama
Hard situations
Peers who take credit. Managers who go silent. The meeting where someone's about to throw you under the bus. Surviving the parts they don't teach.
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A reader asks: is it normal to be scared of my skip-level?
Being scared of your skip-level is common and useful in small doses. Here's how to channel it — and what to do when the fear is your manager's problem, not yours.
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The meeting where someone's about to throw you under the bus
You can sometimes see it coming before it happens. Here's how to recognize the signal, what to do in the room, and the one thing never to do afterward.
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A reader asks: how do I handle a peer who keeps taking credit for my work?
Credit theft isn't solved by confrontation or venting. It's solved by changing where credit gets assigned in the first place. Three specific moves.
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Workplace competition: healthy hustle vs. toxic tug-of-war
How to stay ambitious without turning your team into a zero-sum game — especially in your first 90 days.