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I had edified my sponsor, shared the platform with him, and facilitated his face being seen as a leader of our organization and company. By doing this, I had placed my team in a position of vulnerability. I had created a system and a culture that presented this person as a credible component of our support structure and a powerful resource for building their business.

Now team members would wake up the next day to discover that someone they had perceived as an asset had essentially become a threat. (Please don’t read this as my suggesting my sponsor was an evil, diabolical villain, looking to attack and hurt others; he wasn’t. He had simply made a decision he believed offered the best choice for his future success and security. One that now conflicted with the status to which I had played a part in elevating him.)

The whole sad scenario was no one’s fault but my own. Years earlier I had made an expedient choice without thinking about the long-term potential consequences, and now the bill was coming due.