Don’t Take Credit That’s Not Yours
It may seem that so often you don’t get credit for things that you really do deserve that it only seems fair that you should be able to get credit for something that you don’t deserve once in awhile! However, if the customer should ever discover that you took credit for something that you really didn’t do, it could seriously affect your credibility. You need to make sure that the customer has an accurate understanding of what results you were responsible for as well as what you don’t deserve credit for. The customer will respect your honesty and ethics when you say, “I can’t take credit for that; the credit really belongs to someone else.” Ultimately it is this type of character and honesty that build long-lasting ...
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