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Name Dropper


The tactic of coercing another by suggesting that friends in high places are supporters / detractors and will be drafted in unless agreement is quickly forthcoming.

Name Dropper is one of the clearest examples of games that we learn in early childhood and rehearse and refine as we move from playground to boardroom. As children we quickly realise that in situations where our own personal power is insufficient to influence events, that invoking the power of ...

 

More details and guidance on how to deal with someone playing this Dirty Trick can be found in "21 Dirty Tricks at Work" by Colin Gautrey and Mike Phipps and published by Capstone Wiley.





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