chapter 6

Flip Your Perspective

So, I’ve made it to “the inner sanctum”—my first management team meeting. I always wondered what it was like in here. Before, my friends and I only speculated about what went on in these meetings. Now, I get to see what it’s really like.

It’s nothing like what we thought.

I’ve only been here for five minutes, and I’m in way over my head. All the managers are talking about lack of resources, needing more people. And a lot of their suggestions sound like they are at my expense. Are they trying to steal some of my people? Steal some of my budget? It’s my first meeting for goodness sakes.

I need to stop this. I must talk about my group and what I need. That’s how things get done around here, right? But that sounds ...

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