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How to Manage a Boss Who Takes Credit for Your Work
Episode 87 tackles a workplace betrayal that's both maddening and nuanced: the boss who presents your ideas, your data, or your deliverables as their own. Lucas and Luna break down a real case from a mid-level marketing manager at a Fortune 500 retail chain who documented a pattern of credit theft over six months, then used a specific email-forwarding strategy to reclaim ownership without an HR war. They walk through the three types of credit hoarders—the Insecure Inheritor, the Over-Editor, and the Strategic Eraser—and offer a calibrated response for each. The episode also covers the…
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