When you get a seat at the table, use it to say someone else’s name who deserves one too.

Access is the scarce thing, not talent, and once you have some you are holding something other people cannot reach. Being in the room is temporary, but who you mention while you are there can change somebody’s year. Most people go quiet in those rooms because they are busy proving they belong.

Decide beforehand who you would name if the chance appeared. Keep it to one person and one sentence about what they can do. Then say it while you are still nervous rather than waiting for a smoother moment.