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Standing Up for Yourself at Work — What Comes Before the Advice (Part 5)

16/09/2026 by Kam Su Jin

Illustration of a woman looking up from her laptop at a cafe window, thinking through standing up for yourself at work.

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series When Your Manager Takes Credit for Your Work

Standing up for yourself at work isn’t the first step — reading your own position is. Which silence are you in, the chosen one or the one with momentum?

Taking Credit for Others’ Work — When My Boss Did It to Me (Part 1)

14/09/2026 by Kam Su Jin

Illustration of a woman sitting still at a meeting table as a colleague presents her idea — taking credit for others' work.

This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series When Your Manager Takes Credit for Your Work

Taking credit for others’ work has a name and a cost — here’s the moment your boss did it, why you froze, and what that silence in the room really meant.