How to Navigate Office Politics When You Don’t Know the Rules (Part 1)

About this episode

This episode discusses how high-achieving, neurodivergent women can navigate office politics to ensure their contributions are recognized.

You can be brilliant at your job—and still get overlooked. No one teaches you how to navigate office politics, and for high-achieving, neurodivergent women, that hidden rule book can feel impossible to read. You’re told to “just focus on your work,” but hard work alone doesn’t get you seen. In this episode: What office politics really are (and why avoiding them backfires) The 3 camps women fall into and how to find where you sit Why neurodivergent women are already better at t...

People in this episode

Host: Michelle

Topics covered

• office politics
• neurodivergent women
• career advancement
• workplace dynamics
• self-advocacy

Keywords

• office politics
• neurodivergent
• career
• women in the workplace
• visibility
• work performance

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