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the company into a safe-but-reduced market. (3) Fire the
other antagonist, who would likely take talented staff with
him to form a competitive enterprise. (4) Fire both of them,
sustain some personnel losses, hire new managers, and try to
recover. (5) Close the company. Those were political and
economic decisions that had to be made by the company’s
owners, long-term clients, and key staff, so I concluded my
report by pointing out those options and advocating none of
them. In fact, I don’t recall ever hearing which option they
chose, if any, but the client was satisfied that I had clarified
the issue and reduced ...