In my experience there is very little actual blacklisting/badmouthing in this way. Such behavior reflects poorly only on the badmouther.
In consulting there are always functional and non-functional criteria for a relationship- on both sides. Sometimes/often invented after the fact, after parties have gotten to know one another. Engagements will be described to others against that criteria. The listener can glean and infer what they are able to.
And sometimes for the careful listener, there will be some barely detectable tepidity in an endorsement.
In consulting there are always functional and non-functional criteria for a relationship- on both sides. Sometimes/often invented after the fact, after parties have gotten to know one another. Engagements will be described to others against that criteria. The listener can glean and infer what they are able to.
And sometimes for the careful listener, there will be some barely detectable tepidity in an endorsement.