An hour after Luke got off a conference call with the remaining two regional business directors, he got a call from Sam Elroy, the COO, asking Luke to come to his office ASAP. When Luke entered Sam’s office, Sam got up from behind his desk, walked over to the open door and shut it harder than he had to.
“Sit,” he said with a flat tone as he went to his large leather chair and Luke perched on the couch.
Sam had just gotten off a conference call with Luke’s two remaining RBDs, who were both threatening to leave to go to a competitor if things didn’t change. Specifically, they had had it with Luke’s “heavy-handed” tactics. They were finished with threats, with football jargon like “the red zone.” One more Marine Corps reference ...
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