A Client, An Ex-Boyfriend…and a Problem
I did a Coach Call recently with an interior designer seeking an easy solution to a tough problem.
I don’t have one. Do you?
She landed a client and a $60,000 design fee for designing the interior of his new 11,000 square foot home with seven bedrooms . The project, her first one since she relaunched her business after four years as a stay-at-home single mom, is scheduled to begin in January.
She met the client through his business partner, who happened to be her boyfriend at the time. Therein lies the problem.
Since she broke off their relationship, the ex-boyfriend has made her life miserable. He has repeatedly raised doubts about her skills and criticized her in other ways to the client, his business partner, and urged him to replace her with another designer.
As a result, the designer reports, her client has become uncertain and confused.
Suggestions, anyone, about what she can — or should — do?
