Often feel betrayed by my Ps when they question my work in front of the client, only to be proven otherwise. Happened many times and I don’t know how to change this - my integrity and work quality is questioned publicly and after much due diligence it gets proven that I did really good. What do I do?

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Have a 1-on-1 with them before the meeting to prove the quality. Tough to get some Ps to put that time aside but it is critical of this is happening during client meetings.

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It’s upsetting to be challenged in an open forum and actually quite inappropriate. It could be the partners way of communicating to the client that this is good work and has been vetted. Either way, if this happens and “you’re always right” then eventually you will earn the respect and the confidence that you don’t have to be questioned.

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Are you giving them a chance to review and understand your work prior to the meetings?

Also, not every question is a challenge. Sometimes they are asking to understand or maybe lead the discussion to a specific point.

Maybe they’re not being as supportive as you’d like, but ask yourself how it serves THEIR interest to blow up their own team in front of the client.

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Sounds like a trust issue the P has with you. How long have you worked with this person or this group? Have others felt the same?

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Don’t try to change you in the long run simply to appease the P. If your style is different then look for ppl with similar styles, or find a firm that appreciates your style. Too often in consulting we try to emulate our bosses because we think that is the only way to make more money, be successful and get to P. You do that then you will become same as your P and will have a sr. manager one day posting on FB about you 🤣

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Let me give some examples … in one setting, I was ‘accused’ of inflating hours required to complete a task. No one else had any evidence of me doing so. Later on the vendor shared their estimate and it was more than the hours I had requested. The issue died it death but I wasn’t acknowledged of giving the accurate estimate. We’re using my estimate now.

Another example, when an assessment was questioned in front of the client. The P got their own ‘trusted’ external source to review. It was found that I followed the process correctly and other stream leads had made errors. The external source, in order to ‘please the P’ said things the P wanted to hear … but we’re still using my assessment for nearly 80% of the cases.

I don’t know if being honest about your work is a crime. Not to mention the humiliation when being questioned about the integrity of my work. I accept that I would be wrong at times but do not accept that I was dishonest. That’s where I’m struggling.

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