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7. Using Ambitious Targets to Handle Past Issues

Eric Bergland
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Redwood City, California, USA
 
Tim sits quietly as Micky the interim CEO spends three hours talking over the Griffin project post-mortem and ripping into the poor results and anyone he felt was responsible. Rushed release, faulty code [crt 20], frustrated and lost customers [crt 27], and below expectation revenues [crt 26] were his key criticisms. The Griffin project manager looked sheet white, ready for a firing squad and his impending demotion.
Micky zeroed in on Gary, the engineering manager. “You need to fix this! We cannot afford these types of mistakes and hope to survive. I want a report next week ...

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