Maria, can you settle something for us?”
Maria had barely settled into her office after the budget meeting when Ed Eddington and Tom Washington burst into her office. She wondered why the vice president of shared services needed her help with an issue relating to her new chief learning officer.
“OK, Ed, what’s going on?” She said.
“Tom wants to eliminate my leadership development program,” Ed replied.
“I didn’t say that,” Tom said.
Temperatures were getting a little hot, so Maria intervened. “What did you say, Tom?” She asked.
“I said, we need to look at the program and consider whether it should be continued.”
“It sounds like he wants to cut ...
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