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[quote=Anonymous]OP, sorry you are going through this.

When I was in a similar situation, I did the following:

first, I got a sense from a couple of key players (three partners and an influential staff member) about what was happening and shared my concerns that the partner in question has a mistaken view of me and my abilities;

second, I never bad mouthed the partner to anyone (other than close friends;

third, I confronted the partner, politely but assertively, and asked for feed back about the concerns he was expressing to others (I remember his initial response was, "those comments were not meant to be shared with you") -- this let him know that I had partners looking out for me who would share with me comments he was making;

fourth, I circled back to the partners who were supportive, shared the  feed back I received, looked for signs of what they though might have some kernel of truth, then asked them for help working on how I could improve on those issues (despite the fact I did not agree there were issues);

fifth, I made it a point to follow the advice I received and to make sure that the people who gave the advice knew this.  This creates some buy in where your success is also the success of the partners who provide the advice.  This created situations where the advice giving partner would talk to the negative partner and note that he had given me advice and saw improvements in the areas of concern, putting the negative partner into a position of having to disagree with someone with a vested interest in me.

sixth, I avoided working for that partner again.

seventh, I worked really hard that year to make sure I would get excellent reviews from all of the other partners for whom i worked.  In the end, three partners gave me very good reviews and the negative partner gave me a lukewarm review commenting, "apparently my experience was not the same as others who have worked with [me]".

Hope this helps.[/quote]

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