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The tactic of or setting someone up as spokes person, encouraging risk taking, and falsely suggesting back up and support, which will usually vanish at the first sign of conflict or problems.

As children, we learn that in the absence of our own self confidence and assertiveness, that we can get others to take difficult issues or requests to more powerful others on our behalf. This is quite appropriate as we have yet to develop these skills and need ...

 

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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