My colleague just landed my client on a project I've been prepping for three months
I manage 14 buildings for a property management company. Six months ago I started building a pitch for a huge mixed-use account, 200 units, retail, the kind of deal that makes your year. Three months of work, all on my own time.
Yesterday my director mentioned in our team chat that a colleague of mine, someone I mentor, who sits four feet from me, is presenting the pitch Thursday. Turns out she'd been quietly DMing our director small questions for weeks, then took my groundwork straight to the ownership group without telling me. I confronted her. She played dumb, "I just wanted to help since you seemed busy."
Now I'm sitting on a full paper trail three days before the pitch. Go to leadership now, or let her present and hope the ownership group exposes how little she actually knows?
Anyone dealt with a colleague quietly working your account behind your back? How'd you handle it without torching the relationship or your own reputation?