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Weekly update calls: The douchebag standoff

Unreasonable demands and challenging characters

I received a work call at 9.15 pm last night. It was from one of the co-consultants working with us on a government infrastructure project. I answered the call assuming it was urgent. It wasn’t.

Consultants can get caught up in being hyper-reactive to client demands without taking…