Don't Take Sides In Internal Conflicts
The moment you take side you're setting yourself up for trouble.
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“It’s all IT’s fault!”
If I had a nickel for every time I had heard a client blame the IT team I’d have, well, a few dozen nickels today.
Colleagues blaming each other for problems within an organisation is relatively common in consultancy projects.
It’s important you don’t take this side when this happens though. For example, imagine if someone is criticising the IT team and you respond with something like:
“I totally agree. Your IT team is one of the worst I’ve seen. If they could stop making so many mistakes, we would have completed this weeks ago!”
Now you have just taken a side in an internal conflict which had nothing to do with you.
You might win temporary favour with the contact, but it will come back to haunt you later.
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