296: Someone Stole Credit for Your Team's Work. Here's How to Handle It

The Way of The Wolf by Wolf Executives · Aug 25, 2026 · 11m

A listener wrote in with a situation that plays out constantly at the senior leadership level. A new vice president asked for their team's process documentation, then presented all of it in a board meeting as his own first big win. The C-suite praised him. The listener was left defensive, frustrated, and unsure what to do next.

Sean Barnes has lived this one. In this solo episode he walks through the exact same thing happening to him years ago, including the part most leaders skip: he did not handle it well. He went quiet, held onto the resentment, and let unspoken tension sit in senior…