It rarely worked well at his own firm.Nevertheless, Mr Weill also indulges in plenty of self-congratulation: over Citigroup's (admittedly impressive) long-term share-price performance, the smooth handover of power in 2003, his rapport with the firm's brokers, and much more.
If you make a good impression, ask the right questions and build a rapport with the law firm graduate recruitment team members, it can really stand you in good stead (they have great memories).
His father is a partner in Rapport, Meyers, Whitbeck, Shaw & Rodenhausen, a law firm with offices in Hudson, N.Y., and Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
The Liverpool manager may be cornering the market in a pool of talent with low expectations in Brazil but the rapport they develop is to the benefit of a coach with firm belief in British players.
Plainly, he knows how to put investors at ease, and has a good rapport with Jonathan Oppenheimer, a De Beers director whose father, Nicholas, is the firm's overall boss.But gold-mining is the new hope for the region, where Barrick, a huge Canadian firm, is opening several new mines.
"You need to build a VC firm with people who have also built businesses, because you can build a better rapport with founders if you have done it yourself," says Zennström.
His good rapport with Tim Cook, Jobs's more emollient successor, has helped the two firms repair their relationship following a bitter legal row over patents.
That shift in thinking helped enable Strange's quick rise within the firm, where, as Rampell outlined in a call yesterday, she has won both the admiration of her colleagues and established a rapport with many of the firm's portfolio companies, some of which she has been serving as a board observer.
