He needed fresh air, but before he had a chance, his phone rang. It was his Chief Executive Officer. James braced himself, and put on his grovelling hat. The CEO said:“Good morning James, I hope you are well.”
“Very well, thank you, eh, Vince” James replied
“Great – just a quick call to say I received that new sales report from your department last night, and it is absolutely brilliant. It tells me everything I need to know, and I just wanted to ring and say well done.”The phone went down, and before he could be interrupted again, James left his office and headed for the door. He walked quickly around the car park, the only fresh air alternative being a five mile drive away. However, soon he was not walking alone, he had been joined by Claire, the HR Director.
“Keeping fit, James?” Claire enquired.
“It has been a strange morning – I am just gathering my thoughts” James said
“I’m glad I caught you, anyway” Claire continued “This new corporate initiative – Total Quality…”she paused as James put on his angry hat, “…we’ve decided to dump the whole thing, along with Continuous Improvement and all the ideas schemes. They cause far more problems that they are worth, and actually had the effect of reducing ideas and effectiveness, rather than enabling it. In future all company schemes will have to pass a clear cost v benefit analysis at board level before we even consider them”And with that she said goodbye and walked inside the building.
Continued tomorrow...
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"How do you identify the seniority in any meeting?"
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