Archive for September, 2006
Short Hiatus
Owing to a death in the family I will be on blogging hiatus for a couple weeks.
I look forward to reconnecting with you in October.
Burning Bridges
You know, sometimes despite your best intentions, a professional relationship will not flourish. Have you had that experience? Have you ever found that a relationship keeps stumbling until someone burns a bridge to say “I’m done with you”?
I recently made a political mistake within a client company. The result of the gaff was being told by a man he would never refer me again to anyone in any company anywhere. What did I do? I didn’t keep him in the loop as to how a dialogue with a potential client was going.
I wish I had done it differently. I didn’t mean to cause a problem for anyone. I wish I had not made the error in judgment, and I said so. Yet, as I explained what I was trying…
