🚨Your Hard Work Didn’t Go Unnoticed—It Was Stolen

For years, we’ve been told that hard work speaks for itself. If you put in the extra effort, take on responsibilities, and consistently deliver, the right people will notice.

They do.

But not always in the way they should.

Smooth talkers present ideas they didn’t develop. Poor leaders take credit for execution without acknowledging who did the real work. And the hardest-working experts? They stay silent, believing it’s “nice” or “professional” not to take credit.

🚨 Hard work doesn’t go unnoticed—it gets taken.

And when recognition is stolen, so are opportunities, promotions, and credibility.

Here are a few insights that have helped me, and I’m sharing them in case they might help someone navigating similar challenges:

🔹 Own the Impact – Speaking up isn’t arrogance—it’s transparency. Work that adds value deserves to be acknowledged.

🔹 Claim Your Credit in Real Time – When credit is misdirected, correct it immediately: "Actually, our team developed that solution—happy to walk you through how we made it happen."

🔹 Make Recognition the Norm – If leadership won’t fix it, teams must. Be the one who normalizes giving credit where it’s due.

The workplace gets stronger when real impact matters more than loud visibility.

💬 Have you ever had your work taken by a boss or coworker? How did you handle it? Let’s talk.