Based on the following statement from Fred Harteis, it appears as though Orrin Woodward and the TEAM are not the leaders they suggest they are.  How can you be a great leader when you don’t have a clue who is standing beside you?

This statement comes from the IBOAI Blog and is attributed to Fred Harteis (you can read the whole statement and a little more background here):

At no time did I authorize Mr. Poyfair or any other attorney to include me as a Plaintiff in the lawsuit.  Again, I’ve never spoken with Mr. Poyfair or any other member of his law firm.  At no time did I authorize any other person, including any Plaintiff named in the lawsuit, to include me as a Plaintiff in the lawsuit.  Moreover, neither Mr. Poyfair nor any other attorney for Plaintiffs contacted my attorney, Rick Abraham, to seek his authorization to include me in the lawsuit.  Mr. Poyfair had met Mr. Abraham one or two months prior to filing the lawsuit and knew without any doubt that Mr. Abraham was my attorney.

Once I discovered my name was included in the lawsuit my attorney immediately contacted Mr. Poyfair and his co-counsel and demanded that I be dismissed from the action.  Mr. Poyfair contacted Mr. Abraham and admitted that he had never spoken with me at any time.   

I understand Mr. Poyfair has on more than one occasion brazenly suggested that he has me in his "hip pocket."  Nothing could be further from the truth.  The foregoing facts should dispel any such notion.