Difficult new person I was working with, who reluctantly promised me that he would deliver the outcomes he has refused to give up for the last three weeks, now is choosing to work with the technically skilled chick to help him deliver these outcomes. Which means I'm sitting here, drinking coffee and doing an easy peasy report for the PMO that's not urgent.
I am deliriously happy.
Oh and PS, I suspected but only found out today that Mr Difficult Man is on the spectrum. I dealt with him the same way I deal with Charlie, which was to speak calmly, try to keep him focussed on the outcomes, not argue so as not to feed into the build-up and distracted him every time he started to flap. He now feels uncomfortable talking to me, because I think, I got him to agree to what he had adamantly refused to agree to, and he now feels like he's lost his position of power.
Soooooo funny.
