RE: one vs 1

[Marguerite Krupp <mkrupp128 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Well said, Leonard. And, to paraphrase an old saying, companies are known by the people they keep!

Marguerite

--- On Wed, 9/30/09, Leonard C. Porrello <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- SoleraTec -dot- com> wrote:

> From: Leonard C. Porrello <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- SoleraTec -dot- com>
> Subject: RE: one vs 1
> To: "Bill Swallow" <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>
> Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 11:49 AM
> My experience leads me to a more
> nuanced interpretation. I would
> differentiate between what people are and what you let them
> do to you.
> Some people are naturally parasitic (i.e., "narcissistic"),
> and some
> people become essentially parasitic as a result of years of
> long
> practice in trying to dominate and control every
> conversation. In either
> case, their "reason for being" is to turn every
> conversation and
> relationship to their advantage. And while, as you suggest,
> you can
> prevent them from feeding off of you, doing so requires
> ongoing effort
> and can make a work environment less than
> pleasant--especially if they
> outrank you. In my experience, these types of people are
> overrepresented
> in marketing and sales. Fortunately, there are also many
> people in
> marketing and sales who are there because they are truly
> empathetic and
> gifted problem solvers.
> 
> Leonard
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Swallow [mailto:techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com]
> 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 6:28 AM
> To: Leonard C. Porrello
> Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: one vs 1
> 
> In my experience, people are only "parasitic" if you let
> them be. Set
> ground rules, responsibilities and accountabilities and
> hold everyone
> to them and there's no sticking.
> 
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Leonard C. Porrello
> <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- soleratec -dot- com>
> wrote:
> > I totally agree, but when dealing with marketing
> people, one often
> feels
> > that the symbiosis is parasitic rather than
> mutalistic. ;-)
> 
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