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Have you experienced the feeling that your team put you down?

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Riyadh Salih Saskatchewan, Canada
How much can we rely on the team some where down the road we had this feeling how would you address this
one way is to have open discussion and confront the team closing communication gap.
some time it is better just to let it go using withdrawal as not much can be done
what is your experience?
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Kevin Drake Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Yup I had a project engineer not to be named, the client raid his room at site at 1000 and found him a sleep ... the client filmed him and sent me the movie. I lost all my face and nearly lost the contract.
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1 reply by Riyadh Salih
Apr 29, 2018 2:43 AM
Riyadh Salih
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Kevin, are you serious about that, am I hearing a story of Alfred Hitchcock, "they filmed him" that's caught red handed LOL, however Kevin I meant different type of letting you down.
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
lol Kevin, maybe the project engineer had "sleep" in the WBS, did you check? ;-)
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2 replies by Kevin Drake and Riyadh Salih
Apr 28, 2018 8:13 PM
Kevin Drake
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I spoke with him a few months ago, and I told him you are a rich material for me to coach people "Don't Do". He is a bad example of project management practices and a good example of total failure.
Apr 29, 2018 2:45 AM
Riyadh Salih
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Sante, it was on his activity sequence ;)
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Kevin Drake Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Apr 28, 2018 5:22 PM
Replying to Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
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lol Kevin, maybe the project engineer had "sleep" in the WBS, did you check? ;-)
I spoke with him a few months ago, and I told him you are a rich material for me to coach people "Don't Do". He is a bad example of project management practices and a good example of total failure.
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1 reply by Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
Apr 29, 2018 6:59 AM
Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
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He's probably a Portfolio Manager somewhere now ;-)
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Kavitha Gunasekaran Project Manager| Aerospace & Defence Organisation Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
I feel withdrawal will encourage them to let us down on even more occasions. The idea is to make them realise that what they have done is unacceptable. So, I feel we must show more resolve going about our jobs and show renewed interest in their jobs that will make them uncomfortable and come out of it. Of course, it may not be universally applicable but will help in certain instances.
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1 reply by Riyadh Salih
Apr 29, 2018 2:46 AM
Riyadh Salih
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Kavitha, thanks for coming onboard
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Riyadh Salih Saskatchewan, Canada
Apr 28, 2018 4:23 PM
Replying to Kevin Drake
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Yup I had a project engineer not to be named, the client raid his room at site at 1000 and found him a sleep ... the client filmed him and sent me the movie. I lost all my face and nearly lost the contract.
Kevin, are you serious about that, am I hearing a story of Alfred Hitchcock, "they filmed him" that's caught red handed LOL, however Kevin I meant different type of letting you down.
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1 reply by Kevin Drake
Apr 29, 2018 6:59 AM
Kevin Drake
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Yes very serious about it , the client sent me the movie as a proof . And in other occasions was caught having shisha at 0300 pm.
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Riyadh Salih Saskatchewan, Canada
Apr 28, 2018 5:22 PM
Replying to Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
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lol Kevin, maybe the project engineer had "sleep" in the WBS, did you check? ;-)
Sante, it was on his activity sequence ;)
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1 reply by Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
Apr 29, 2018 7:00 AM
Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
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He was a "lag".
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Riyadh Salih Saskatchewan, Canada
Apr 29, 2018 2:30 AM
Replying to Kavitha Gunasekaran
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I feel withdrawal will encourage them to let us down on even more occasions. The idea is to make them realise that what they have done is unacceptable. So, I feel we must show more resolve going about our jobs and show renewed interest in their jobs that will make them uncomfortable and come out of it. Of course, it may not be universally applicable but will help in certain instances.
Kavitha, thanks for coming onboard
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Kevin Drake Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Apr 29, 2018 2:43 AM
Replying to Riyadh Salih
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Kevin, are you serious about that, am I hearing a story of Alfred Hitchcock, "they filmed him" that's caught red handed LOL, however Kevin I meant different type of letting you down.
Yes very serious about it , the client sent me the movie as a proof . And in other occasions was caught having shisha at 0300 pm.
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Apr 28, 2018 8:13 PM
Replying to Kevin Drake
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I spoke with him a few months ago, and I told him you are a rich material for me to coach people "Don't Do". He is a bad example of project management practices and a good example of total failure.
He's probably a Portfolio Manager somewhere now ;-)
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1 reply by Riyadh Salih
Apr 30, 2018 12:31 AM
Riyadh Salih
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Sante, this could be very true annoying statement as nowadays there is no concept of "the right man in a right place" you must wonder based on what those " ...." got the that high post job!
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Apr 29, 2018 2:45 AM
Replying to Riyadh Salih
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Sante, it was on his activity sequence ;)
He was a "lag".
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