Problem: You’ve delivered. Solved. Led. But in the meeting? You downplay. You hedge. You credit the team and shrink your own role. Sound familiar?

Solution: Being modest is fine. Being invisible is not. Storytelling is how you translate action into influence.

How To Address It:

• Reframe storytelling as fact, not fluff — this is data, not drama
• Learn how to ladder up your wins to business impact (“Here’s what I did… here’s why it mattered…”)
• Practice 60-second stories for interviews, reviews, or exec meetings
• Tune into career development podcasts that model clear, confident framing
• Get feedback on tone: do you sound like a doer or a driver?

If you can’t talk about your value, you’ll keep being overlooked for it.