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" ... To have a chance at changing the behavior of someone who won’t take “No” for an answer, build around him. Your EVP of marketing wants to launch a campaign you abhor; he tells you that he’s the expert and you should stick to your spreadsheets when you stop him. Standoff? Nope; just give one of his staffer members the power to proceed in the direction you desire. If deprived of resources to act someone who won’t take “No” will jump into the fray to show the “underling” you replaced him with how the Big Boys do things. Actually, he’ll probably do a good job, but only because he cannot live with the notion that a direct report of his excelled while he was having a hissy fit. ... "