Talk it through with Aurelius
Why does my team's work keep landing on my name?
The praise lands on you. You did not ask for it, and you did not lie to get it. You tell yourself this makes you blameless. It does not. Staying quiet while the room credits you is an action, not an absence of one. You are choosing comfort over accuracy, and the team sees it, even when you say nothing. What is yours to control is simple: open your mouth and name names. Not vaguely — specifically. The work you did not do is not yours to accept in silence.
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How the two dials adapt to you →What’s really going on
You did not take the credit — you only failed to give it back. That failure is yours to correct. Choose, today, to say whose work this was. Name them in the room, not later in private. Silence that keeps credit is still a choice you make.
🔒 What you’ll build togetherUnlock by starting
A moveBefore the next meeting, write down exactly who did what — have the list ready to speak from.
A moveWhen someone praises 'your' team's work, name the person who did it, out loud, immediately.
A moveLet the person who solved the problem present it next time, instead of you.
A moveSend one message today crediting a specific teammate for one specific thing they built.
A moveStop saying 'we' when you mean 'they.' Use names.
PractiseName the Hands · a Pod of 4 · 20 min
What changes unlock by starting
- People stop assuming you did the work alone.
- Your team speaks up more, because they trust you to name them.
- You build a habit of giving credit on the spot, without having to think about it.
- Your name stops being the automatic answer to 'who do we thank for this.'
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