Qui fait le conseiller n'est plus ambassadeur.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- When someone becomes a counselor, they lose the status of ambassador.
- In plain terms
- Being a counselor removes the ambassador role.
- What can you take from it?
- Roles can change and affect authority.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does a new title affect one's influence?
- Can one retain ambassadorial respect while serving as counselor?
Another view
Sometimes the counselor role still carries influence.
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