It is only but natural that we create a cordon sanitaire’ around us once we acquire a high position, especially when said position requires dealing with multiple VIP personalities. The purpose for the seeming exclusivity is to ease the traffic that goes your way, and to protect you from the riff-raff that wishes to see you. Nobody wants to be in a position of having to decide negatively to multiple requests. When your position puts you in positions of disadvantage, we manage our ways out of it. After all, who likes to waste time saying NO to every Tom, Dick and Harry? This is most prevalent for politicians in local government (and the executive branch) who prefer to give excuses for being busy always.

What I have found most interesting is how many managers have created this cordon sanitaire’ only to lose opportunities that come their way.

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