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Subject:Re: In the Trenches, A Bit of Venting From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 14 Nov 2002 07:51:36 -0500
But--and this is a big one--it
> should only be to *clarify* the situation. Not to try to change it. Not
> to try to fix it. Raise the issue if it's putting your deliverable at
> risk.
>
Exactly. After clarification, one may choose to do what Andrew suggests.
> I will say that, sometimes the *only* appropriate thing to do is hunker
> down and ignore whatever drama is going on around you. People far too
> often get involved in trying to "fix" things that are simply not theirs
> to fix. Contractors are pretty much the last category of folks who are
> able to exercise any positive or productive change in an organization.*
> Unless your statement of work says "come in and fix my organization and
> the people in it," it's not appropriate to get involved in a client's
> dramas, or political battles, or turf wars, or personality/work style
> conflicts, or anything else. One can and should have a professional
> opinion that could be shared if asked and if it will have a positive
> impact on the situation.
>
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