First Meeting
Sitting down at a big table in the back of Maria's Mexican Restaurant a few blocks from the office, Jeff and his new direct reports moved aside their plates and silverware to make room for paperwork. Given that it was a weeknight and that the food at Maria's wasn't particularly good, they had much of the establishment to themselves.
“Okay, let's try to avoid getting into too many details right now,” Jeff explained. “Let's just identify the biggest levers that we're going to need to pull to make this work.”
Bobby and Clare didn't respond right away, so he clarified.
“I'm talking about big categories. Like financing. Labor. Materials.”
Now their heads were nodding, and almost in unison they said “labor.”
His mouth full, Jeff motioned ...
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