My stories keep getting flagged as too ‘I’ focused. How do experienced bankers reframe successes to highlight team dynamics without downplaying their role? Specifically for deals where I did heavy lifting but need to sound collaborative. What’s the script here?
say ‘we’ constantly but drop enough specifics that they know it was you. ‘our team identified the issue’ → then ‘i ran the sensitivity analysis that exposed the leverage problem’. play the game.
Celebrate the team! Your moment to shine comes later. You’ve got this!
Recommended ratio: 70% team narrative, 30% individual action. Example structure: ‘The deal team , where I spearheaded [Y] which enabled [Z outcome].’ Quantify your Y component.