I just came across an article today about a Mayor who had an affair with his campaign managers wife.
After his wife told him about the affair, Tourk approached the mayor about it, then resigned… “It has been an honor and a privilege to serve the Newsom campaigns and the city of San Francisco and its residents,” Tourk said in a news release…
Newsom, who is seeking a second four-year term in November, said in the statement that he accepted Tourk’s resignation “with great sadness,” adding that he was “an extraordinary leader of our campaigns and a tireless public servant.”
Now that’s professionalism. A moment ago, I blogged about the value of private discussions, which, clearly, is what happened here. Yelling, crying, shouting, who knows? But you know what? The public never will.
Imagine if that was some Web 2.0 hot-shot CEO. You can already imagine how he might have handled the situation. Professionalism goes a long way, no matter who’s in the wrong. Please, if you ever become a well-known Internet blogger, keep your dirty laundry and corporate bashing to yourself.
That is, if you don’t want to look like a 16 year old.