How to Get Into Rooms You Weren’t Invited To

For a long time, I thought access to right rooms came later in your career, for instance, after getting the promotion, stepping into leadership, or finally getting the invitation.

But the more I’ve spent time studying founders and leaders like Emma Grede, the more I’ve realized that this isn’t actually how it works.

Emma Grede didn’t wait for an invitation.

She positioned herself to be in proximity to the kinds of people and environments where those opportunities were already happening, and then she built her credibility, network, and career from there.

Here’s how she did it and how you can too: