Boston, Sunday, 11:00 a.m.
It is late March, the weather is mild, and Thomas and Luke went out for a stroll. Katherine is finally alone at home: free to slow down, relax, and think about herself.
As it always happens when you want to “disconnect,” your mind brings you back to work. And so it happened to Katherine who went back to the meeting planned for the next morning. Her boss had scheduled a meeting with the COO (chief operating officer), without providing any detail. Why? What do they want to tell her?
Katherine has been a manager for a while. She is satisfied with her job and her reputation. People say she is transparent, honest, and direct. But that is not enough—she wants more, she is ambitious. She believes that ...
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