How to work with project leader

I am a team member on a major project. In fact, I initiated the project last year, but a sr person becomes the leader. However, I have to propose strategy and execution plan for him and all he did was to present to others and make it appear to be his ideas. We had some very surprising and positive results end of last year. Both of us were excited. However, because of funding issue, that part of the project is put on hold forever. I kinda blame him for not able to sell the project to sr management and was not able to couter-argue some key points and make the project fail.

Now I start working on another element of the project. He wants to get some good results. But after several meetings with other sr members, it appears to me that it will be tough to move this part forward either. So I asked him for clarification of his strategy and plan. He practically told me there is none but keep working on it. when results are good we will make proposal. This is exactly the same deal as last year. I told him it is a waste of time if there is no path forward and I can make better use of my time. He got mad of cause and accused me of not willing to do job.

How do you deal with a leader who can't lead and can't sell. He is very sensitive to his leadership in this project. So he tried to keep me out of the loop but still need me for actual work and novel ideas to move it further. I do not want to work with him any more. How do I get out of it?

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• Ask him for the guideline of the project and cc his boss -dick哥- ♂ (368 bytes) () 02/10/2009 postreply 16:50:21

• 回複：Ask him for the guideline of the project and cc his boss -cathy_bay- ♀ (486 bytes) () 02/10/2009 postreply 18:37:24

• You might be a little too aggressive.... -Kaolin007- ♂ (597 bytes) () 02/11/2009 postreply 09:57:46

• You are right. -Cathy_bay- ♀ (555 bytes) () 02/11/2009 postreply 17:34:44

• good luck -Kaolin007- ♂ (117 bytes) () 02/11/2009 postreply 19:45:23