I like it when folks get in touch with me and ask for my help, and I hope I make it easy. We talk, and I listen and if I believe I can do something useful for you I put forward a few ideas. Usually more dialogue ensues and sometimes we end up doing work with each other. Sometimes we don’t, and that’s fine too. We’re all adults, we’ve had a conversation, exchanged ideas and come to a decision about what to do next.
I hate it when folks get in touch with me and ask for my help, then take those ideas and just disappear into the ether. Don’t get me wrong, if I’ve approached you then I expect to do the following up. But when you get in touch, when you instigate the conversation, it would be really bad manners if you didn’t follow up right? And don’t give me that ‘I was too busy’ crap. At work we all represent somethng. Our brand, ourselves, our colleagues. And when you behave like this, that representation ain’t pretty.
You started it, you finish it.
photo c/o Joelk75