Comments on: My run-in with Marc Benioff, and tips to be a star performer http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/02/my-run-in-with-marc-benioff-and-tips-to-be-a-star-performer/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:46:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: spunkyknight http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/02/my-run-in-with-marc-benioff-and-tips-to-be-a-star-performer/#comment-110241 spunkyknight Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:26:09 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/02/my-run-in-with-marc-benioff-and-tips-to-be-a-star-performer/#comment-110241 You always sound like such a complete phony. And now that we can see how easily you lose your cool, it looks like you have two sets of standards. One for you and one for everyone else. You want to be treated with respect and dignity but you only give those out when you get what you want. And if you don't, you throw a fit, as if that would ever solve anything. Very mature. If more people in the workplace dropped the attitude and arrogance that you convey with every article you write, and your apparent behavior in the physical work place, things might actually get done correctly on the first try and without all the drama. You always sound like such a complete phony. And now that we can see how easily you lose your cool, it looks like you have two sets of standards. One for you and one for everyone else. You want to be treated with respect and dignity but you only give those out when you get what you want. And if you don't, you throw a fit, as if that would ever solve anything. Very mature.

If more people in the workplace dropped the attitude and arrogance that you convey with every article you write, and your apparent behavior in the physical work place, things might actually get done correctly on the first try and without all the drama.

]]> By: Unreal People « Save the Robot - Chris Dahlen http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/02/my-run-in-with-marc-benioff-and-tips-to-be-a-star-performer/#comment-106647 Unreal People « Save the Robot - Chris Dahlen Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:06:24 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/02/my-run-in-with-marc-benioff-and-tips-to-be-a-star-performer/#comment-106647 [...] blog. She talks about blackmailing her supervisor. On assignment for Time Magazine, she screams at a publicist and then accepts flowers from the handsome CEO she’s profiling. (Carrie Bradshaw, phone home!) She reveals her husband’s failed career, and blogs her first [...] [...] blog. She talks about blackmailing her supervisor. On assignment for Time Magazine, she screams at a publicist and then accepts flowers from the handsome CEO she's profiling. (Carrie Bradshaw, phone home!) She reveals her husband's failed career, and blogs her first [...]

]]> By: Brianne http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/02/my-run-in-with-marc-benioff-and-tips-to-be-a-star-performer/#comment-103742 Brianne Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:29:03 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/02/my-run-in-with-marc-benioff-and-tips-to-be-a-star-performer/#comment-103742 Benioff called you back because the publicist created enough of a ruckus that he had to - thanks for apologizing to the publicist. Let's hope Benioff did the same for putting him in that position to begin with...having been in PR for 25 years, I can tell you that NONE of us is interested in pissing off someone filing a story for Time Magazine. Benioff called you back because the publicist created enough of a ruckus that he had to - thanks for apologizing to the publicist. Let's hope Benioff did the same for putting him in that position to begin with…having been in PR for 25 years, I can tell you that NONE of us is interested in pissing off someone filing a story for Time Magazine.

]]> By: Fred http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/02/my-run-in-with-marc-benioff-and-tips-to-be-a-star-performer/#comment-101609 Fred Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:25:40 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/02/my-run-in-with-marc-benioff-and-tips-to-be-a-star-performer/#comment-101609 What a waste of oxygen you truly are. What a waste of oxygen you truly are.

]]> By: Michelle http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/02/my-run-in-with-marc-benioff-and-tips-to-be-a-star-performer/#comment-100899 Michelle Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:10:59 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/02/my-run-in-with-marc-benioff-and-tips-to-be-a-star-performer/#comment-100899 How's this for an interesting thought? Getting miffed might actually be good. http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070628-00542000-bc-us-anger.xml By the way, Penelope, it's good to know that there is a person behind the walls of this blog and that you do person things like getting angry and accepting and being able to enjoy flowers. How's this for an interesting thought?
Getting miffed might actually be good.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070628-00542000-bc-us-anger.xml

By the way, Penelope, it's good to know that there is a person behind the walls of this blog and that you do person things like getting angry and accepting and being able to enjoy flowers.

]]> By: Cool http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/02/my-run-in-with-marc-benioff-and-tips-to-be-a-star-performer/#comment-100513 Cool Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:14:32 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/02/my-run-in-with-marc-benioff-and-tips-to-be-a-star-performer/#comment-100513 Hey, sweetheart, it's not the flowers that swayed her. It's the thought that counts. When was the last time that you got flowers? Way to do it Marc, Salesforce.com rocks! Cheers. Hey, sweetheart, it's not the flowers that swayed her. It's the thought that counts.

When was the last time that you got flowers?

Way to do it Marc, Salesforce.com rocks!

Cheers.

]]> By: digginestdogg http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/02/my-run-in-with-marc-benioff-and-tips-to-be-a-star-performer/#comment-100414 digginestdogg Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:47:46 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/02/my-run-in-with-marc-benioff-and-tips-to-be-a-star-performer/#comment-100414 You have it wrong P. He forced you, an independent journalist, to become a one-sided PR flack for his company and covered with flowers. He 'dissed' you and the questions you might have asked instead opting for a one-way quote provision--take it or leave it was his message. And you, easily swayed by flowers, let him get away with it. You should have had a backbone and pulled the piece. Now every arrogant messianic CEO is going to think female journalists will betray their integrity for flowers. Way to set women back decades honey! Maybe you saved your piece (though I'll bet you'd have written a great one without his spot) but at what price to your integrity? * * * * * * * <I>Hi. The piece went to print before the flowers. And the topic -- that Salesforce.com is doing great stuff -- was set before the interview. There wasn't actually a way for him to influence the article I wrote. I can't believe I'm still responding to comments about this. P.S. Re you saying that I am setting women back decades -- I only wish that this blog was so powerful as to wield that influence. --Penelope</I>   You have it wrong P. He forced you, an independent journalist, to become a one-sided PR flack for his company and covered with flowers. He 'dissed' you and the questions you might have asked instead opting for a one-way quote provision–take it or leave it was his message. And you, easily swayed by flowers, let him get away with it. You should have had a backbone and pulled the piece.

Now every arrogant messianic CEO is going to think female journalists will betray their integrity for flowers. Way to set women back decades honey!

Maybe you saved your piece (though I'll bet you'd have written a great one without his spot) but at what price to your integrity?

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Hi. The piece went to print before the flowers. And the topic — that Salesforce.com is doing great stuff — was set before the interview. There wasn't actually a way for him to influence the article I wrote. I can't believe I'm still responding to comments about this.

P.S. Re you saying that I am setting women back decades — I only wish that this blog was so powerful as to wield that influence.

–Penelope

 

]]> By: Joseph Fiore http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/02/my-run-in-with-marc-benioff-and-tips-to-be-a-star-performer/#comment-100392 Joseph Fiore Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:14:22 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/02/my-run-in-with-marc-benioff-and-tips-to-be-a-star-performer/#comment-100392 Inspiring post Penelope - in fact so inspiring, you even got me <a href="http://reputrack.com/index.php?title=test_kitchen_for_transparency&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1" rel="nofollow">blogging about it... Inspiring post Penelope - in fact so inspiring, you even got me blogging about it…

]]> By: Almost Got It http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/02/my-run-in-with-marc-benioff-and-tips-to-be-a-star-performer/#comment-100358 Almost Got It Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:04:23 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/02/my-run-in-with-marc-benioff-and-tips-to-be-a-star-performer/#comment-100358 Who cares if Marc Benioff is or isn't a jerk/player/shmoozer/schmuck? Seems to me the point here is that the only person any of us can control, ultimately, is ones' own self. Does this sort of analysis-by-anecdote bear any relevence to the business world? You can bet your tulips or cabbages that it does!! Nor is there much point in analyzing the degree to which anyone was or wasn't at fault here. Doesn't matter. Penelope most admirably took herself (and her career) in hand, acknowledged her own responsibility, exercised her own considerable agency, and did the stand-up thing, which very few others in the business world are willing or able to do -- much less talk (blog?) about. Who cares if Marc Benioff is or isn't a jerk/player/shmoozer/schmuck? Seems to me the point here is that the only person any of us can control, ultimately, is ones' own self.

Does this sort of analysis-by-anecdote bear any relevence to the business world? You can bet your tulips or cabbages that it does!!

Nor is there much point in analyzing the degree to which anyone was or wasn't at fault here. Doesn't matter. Penelope most admirably took herself (and her career) in hand, acknowledged her own responsibility, exercised her own considerable agency, and did the stand-up thing, which very few others in the business world are willing or able to do — much less talk (blog?) about.

]]> By: Stacey http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/02/my-run-in-with-marc-benioff-and-tips-to-be-a-star-performer/#comment-100339 Stacey Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:21:28 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/02/my-run-in-with-marc-benioff-and-tips-to-be-a-star-performer/#comment-100339 How interesting that a person is not allowed to simultaneously have both good and bad qualities. Equally interesting is that apparently feminists cannot not like or accept flower arrangements without risking their credentials. And finally, it is most interesting how all journalism must be concerned with the ways that people are misbehaving and obviously could not be interested in what good people may do. How interesting that a person is not allowed to simultaneously have both good and bad qualities. Equally interesting is that apparently feminists cannot not like or accept flower arrangements without risking their credentials. And finally, it is most interesting how all journalism must be concerned with the ways that people are misbehaving and obviously could not be interested in what good people may do.

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