TAN #179-It's smart to use a protecTANt. (Page 2)

Someone gave you the royal welcome last thread, right?

I'm Rip van Winklet ... I've literally been asleep for the last two days.

Sweet.

WOOHOO!!!

Page 1 beotches!!!!!

Does anyone else run into this?

Put on a committee with people from many areas - am placed here as a subject matter expert. Give recommendation, backed by my management, and it's ignored by the team. Lots of excuses as to why they can't/won't do whatever was recommended.  

Frustrating. Why am I even on the team???

I try not to run into things.

To provide information and recommendations.  Not to tell them exactly what to do...

You could be 100% right, but they may have other issues to contend with.  I go in, tell them what I think and they can run with it or not.

Then I complain behind their backs they didn't listen to me or gloat if the SHOULD have listened to me!

That's all you can do.

Mostly drills/technique . . . we're still talking about swimming, right?

i get put on a lot of random teams just so there is a representative from my dept there...not because i benefit from the team or the team really NEEDS me, but just because "you need an IE there" is a blanket practice.  i just need to get better at knowing which meetings actually matter and which ones i can miss....

hummmm

Yes, I suppose so.

Of course.....drills....technique....got it!

You guys can be on my team.  I'll listen...

Anyway.  Walk time.  Don't want to go too hard, I have a 2hr ride tonight.  Phun.

Yes, maybe you are the eye candy of the project.

Committees are where good ideas go to die, but sometimes people want them dead so long as they have been given a "fair" opportunity.  Maybe you have been put there to give the process credibility.