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First of all, I don't think that this is because he is a Chinese collegue. This kind of conflicts are happening all the time between seasoned technical people with master degrees or bachelor degrees and the fresh PhDs in an R&D department. Both are trying to prove their values. As a group leader, your boss has the responsility to manage the conflicts and build a collaborative environment for the team. Having said, the reality is the leaders generally don't do it either because they don't have the competency or they want to take advantage of the conflicts.

So let's face the reality - how would you survive and even be successful in such an environment and how to protect yourself and get the credits that you deserve?

- Again, don't step away. It won't save you. I made same mistake. I even posted for a different position, but failed to get it. If you step away, he might take all the credits - then what is left for you?
- Don't bad mouth him. On the other hand, praise him and also at the same time praise yourself. For example, you could praise that he learns fast and then talk about how much you went out of your way to help him and teach him. Make this public. I don't do this, but my American collegues are doing this all the time. One day, after I did the presentation, one comment I got was - "Good job - you must have learned a lot from ..." I was speachless, but you can see how effective this strategy can be. In this case, he did help me sometimes, butall the things that I presented was not from him, it was through my own learning.Use this to your benefits.
- Document your work. I cannot emphasize how important this is. Make this your first priority if you want to be successful in a big corporation. Make your achievements well known in other groups and create multiple reference points. Ask feedback and document it as a proof. Find people who can speak your achievements for you is always the best.
- Be realistic. You two are in competition - you can not make him to be your friend. Be sure to maintain a professional relationship. - Respect with a distance. The more you talked about how imcompetent his, the more he would try to prove himself and then intensify the tension between two of you.
- Work as a team with clearly defined assignments and accountablities - and again, document this. Be sure that boundary is clearly defined and agreed at the beginning.

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• good points! I like this one the most - -goyo- ♂ (383 bytes) () 07/12/2009 postreply 13:34:24