Any tips on how to navigate colleagues and clients that talk over you? I struggle with speaking up esp when I get interrupted or my comments get ignored then reiterated by someone else.

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I’m in same boat, I think we just need to learn to speak up and firmly, and/or find ways to say “I just said that” nicely. Else, they’ll keep getting all the credits :)-

If it is too much, you can have a coffee chat with them and make them aware of it. Sometimes the folks talking over you don’t realize it.

Yeah, open and honest discussion can help them to be aware of your struggle and help you build personal relationship

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