Comments on: You have to focus on vendors even if they are narcissistic or whiny http://www.column2.com/2008/11/you-have-to-focus-on-vendors-eve-they-are-narcissistic-or-whiny/ BPM, Enterprise 2.0 and technology trends in business. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:10:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Carter Lusher http://www.column2.com/2008/11/you-have-to-focus-on-vendors-eve-they-are-narcissistic-or-whiny/comment-page-1/#comment-10519 Carter Lusher Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:39:54 +0000 http://www.column2.com/2008/11/you-have-to-focus-on-analyst-relationspr-even-if-they-are-narcissistic-or-whiny/#comment-10519 Hi Sandy, Thanks for the link. Yep, there are vendors who are equally unpleasant to deal with. Having been on both sides of the table (Gartner Research Fellow and AR director at one of the largest vendors) I have witnessed all sorts of nonsense from people regardless of job title. As my country grandmother use to say, you can get a lot more cooperation from people with a teaspoon of honey than a gallon of vinegar. ;-) SageCircle has discussed negative habits of AR professionals as well as problem analysts (see http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/how-to-manufacture-a-problem-analyst/ and linked posts). Smart analysts and AR professionals know that treating everybody with respect will enhance their ability to achieve their desired outcomes. Cheers, Carter Lusher SageCircle, experts on the analyst ecosystem and AR best practices http://www.sagecircle.com http://www.sagecircle.wordpress.com http://www.twitter.com/carterlusher Hi Sandy, Thanks for the link.

Yep, there are vendors who are equally unpleasant to deal with. Having been on both sides of the table (Gartner Research Fellow and AR director at one of the largest vendors) I have witnessed all sorts of nonsense from people regardless of job title. As my country grandmother use to say, you can get a lot more cooperation from people with a teaspoon of honey than a gallon of vinegar. ;-)

SageCircle has discussed negative habits of AR professionals as well as problem analysts (see http://sagecircle.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/how-to-manufacture-a-problem-analyst/ and linked posts). Smart analysts and AR professionals know that treating everybody with respect will enhance their ability to achieve their desired outcomes.

Cheers, Carter Lusher

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http://www.sagecircle.com
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