360: What If Humility Is Making You Invisible

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Send us Fan Mail Most mid-career professionals are not struggling because they lack skill, experience, or dedication. They are struggling because the value they bring is not always clear to the people making decisions about promotions, job offers, and leadership opportunities. In this episode, I’m talking about one subtle language habit that may be keeping you from being recognized at work: always saying “we” when it is time to say “I.” If you are a big-hearted, people-first leader, you may have trained yourself to give credit to the team in every update, performance review, networking conversation, and job interview. That humility can build trust, but it can also make your individual leadership hard to see. There is a difference between bragging and self-advocacy. Bragging makes the story only about you. Self-advocacy helps others understand the value of your leadership, your decisions, your influence, and the measurable results you helped create. At mid-career, doing good work is no longer enough. You need to be able to clearly communicate your impact. I’ll walk you through how the “invisibility test” shows up in everyday career conversations, including one-on-ones, performance a