A Rocky Start

Blake was excited about his first day at Dynastar and was thankful he’d landed a job. The first item on his agenda was to meet his new supervisor. Her name was Maggie Barnwell.

Maggie was only a few years older than Blake. She was known as a hard-charger, with results as her trademark.

“Good morning,” Blake said as he knocked on the door frame to Maggie’s office. “I’m Blake. Today’s my first day on the job. I visited with the team a few weeks ago, but you weren’t there. I just wanted to stop by and say hello.” With that said, he expected Maggie to invite him in. She didn’t.

“Yes, I heard you were coming. Please see Ms. Grant to schedule a meeting for us this week. Ten minutes should be sufficient.”

Blake wasn’t sure what he’d expected, ...

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