Your boss has a certain amount of power over you, as you do over your subordinates, but it is supposed to be different with your peers. You are supposed to be on the same level. You are supposed to pull together and help one another. In the real world, some colleagues only pretend to do this.

These coworkers are so concerned with getting ahead and looking good that they do not want to admit that some of their actions make you look bad. Sometimes they even use your brainpower and claim it as their own. These colleagues exploit your ideas, stealing credit for and profiting from them. It is important to protect your career from this........

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