I don’t want bullies to drive absent top talent from the PR profession. Here are my top tips to deal with themPicture this. You’ve been working with a client for two years. In that time,there has been a lot of staff churn. In fact, the only person still there is the man at the top. Still youre in PR. The client is always right and some of the senior management team tell you that he’s dynamic. But sales are down in a market that has been hammered by the economy and you seem to be the one that he’s taking this out on.
Or picture this. You’re updating your team sweepstake approximately whether your marketing director client has had sex the night before the monthly PR assembly and will be pleasant, and more likely won’t have got any and will be filled with visceral rage. Even whether you’ve got cracking coverage that month,run an uber-successful event or have managed to salvage the company the lead of the century, the client’s sex life seems to be the main factor that explains why you salvage the Jekyll and Hyde treatment.
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Source: theguardian.com