Ep 39 - Harvard Expert Reveals: How To Manage Your Boss - CAREERYAP | Lyssna här

If you've ever felt like your career is just happening to you - the overwhelming workload, the bad manager, the colleague who talks over you in every meeting - this episode is going to hand you the controls back.

Elizabeth Lotardo is the author of Leading Yourself, a Harvard Business Review contributor, and a LinkedIn Learning instructor whose courses have reached over 2 million people.

She's sharing the exact brain hacks and scripts she uses to help people stop waiting to be saved at work and start actually driving their own career. Practical, specific, and immediately usable.

If you've ever sat there thinking "why is no one doing anything about this?" - this episode will make you realise you were the answer all along.

WE COVER:

How to push back on an unrealistic workload without sounding like you're complaining
How to set boundaries that people actually respect
How to handle micromanagers, ghost managers, and truly toxic ones
How to stop being talked over in meetings - for good
What to do when a colleague steals credit for your work

CHAPTERS:

1:06 – Intro + welcome

5:53 – No one is coming to save you (and why that's great news)

8:31 – The "you told me" hack for impossible workloads

18:08 – Missed deadlines and "that's on me"

21:52 – Handling constant change with "this is my chance"

28:49 – Micromanagers, ghost managers, and toxic ones

37:53 – Being talked over and credit stealers

45:47 – Elizabeth's best advice

MY LINKS:

Eline's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eline-de-wit/

MOXIE: https://www.getmoxie.io