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THE ROOM READ AUDIT
How does the room that matters most to your career actually read you? Pick one specific room. Answer honestly.
Side 1 of 2
Access.
Are you in the conversation before the decision?
1.When a decision touching your work is forming, are you in it before it's settled?
2.Are you in the meeting before the meeting?
3.Last reorg: consulted, or informed?
Attribution.
Does the value you create stay attached to your name?
4.When your work is presented up, do you present it?
5.Do people upstream know which wins were yours?
6.Are you described with capability words (reliable, brilliant) or ownership words (drove it, we need them in the room)?
Authority.
Does your influence survive outside your technical lane?
7.When the conversation leaves your specialty, does anyone still ask what you think?
8.When you speak outside your lane, does the room settle?
9.When you push back on someone senior, is the disagreement engaged, or managed?
Count one point per dimension for every Yes, Consulted, Ownership words, or Engaged answer. 3 = Strong. 2 = Mixed. 0 to 1 = Low.
My profile: Access, Attribution, Authority
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Side 2 of 2
The 24-Hour File Test
Tomorrow, pick one meeting. Before it starts, write down your predictions. Afterward, fill in what you observed. You're not changing anything yet. You're watching the machine run.
What the room asked of me vs. what I know I'm capable of: