After numerous phone calls and e-mails attempting to find a time when Mr. Mitchell is available, his assistant responds with a positive meeting reply and you excitedly say, "He finally accepted!". After a number of vendor's requests, Mr. Mitchell accepts the request to tell the world about your IT transformation success.
"I am extremely pleased with the progress and what you have accomplished here." Mr. Mitchell says as he beams from ear to ear. "It has been an upward climb and you have come through it with flying colors, but I hate standing up at some vendor's conference to say that I was integral to the process. It was all the team, and I just said to go and do it." he says with a smirk.
Mr. Mitchell stands and leans over the boardroom table with an outstretched hand and says "I am glad to have you on my team, and we couldn't have done it without your leadership, insight, and tenacity to make this work."
I know this story is not what we always see in the IT job market and your boss...