Tool 1.1 · The Mason

The Visibility Audit

Honestly assess how visible your contributions are to the people who make decisions about your career.

Chapter 1 · The Basement Trap

Most technical professionals overestimate how much leadership knows about their work. This audit closes the gap between that assumption and reality. If you complete only one exercise in the entire toolkit, make it this one.

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Part A

Contribution Inventory

List five significant contributions you've made in the past six months. Not job duties — real, identifiable wins.

Contribution 1

Contribution 2

Contribution 3

Contribution 4

Contribution 5

Part B

Visibility Assessment

For the contributions above, answer honestly:

Who outside your immediate team knows about this work?

How did leadership learn about it (if they did)?

What would happen to your reputation if this work disappeared from memory?

Part C

The Hard Question

If you left your organisation tomorrow, what would people say you were known for?

If the answer is 'nothing specific' or 'being reliable', you have visibility work to do.

When you're ready

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The Visibility Audit

Contribution Inventory

Visibility Assessment

The Hard Question

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