Well taken. Empathizing with others is something I feel I have a good grasp on, but in this particular case this guy, not having experience and being in good with the ownership, doesn’t have to play nice so he doesn’t. All he wants is to do what he wants to do and maintain kudos from the top folks and if you don’t help him do that he won’t work with you, whether you’re right or wrong. Basically what I’m saying is that, if he legitimately held his position/title and it was a level playing field I would certainly find a way to work with him.
hertric5 really nailed it on the head, these guys don’t have to prove their work to kill ideas, but it’s a double standard. When I make suggestions or recommendations based on my expertise they don’t take my word for it, I have to do extra work to prove it to THEM. They treat me and marketing like we just walked through the door yesterday.
Recently, to my surprise, more people are hip to to what’s going on with this issue, I wonder what will happen…