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EIGHT

Managing the Naked Emperor

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“I love the sound of my own voice …. Aren’t my ideas brilliant!”

SAMPLE WORKPLACE INTERACTION WITH “THE NAKED EMPEROR”

Joan (the Naked Emperor boss): Good morning! I hope everyone had a great weekend. We’ve definitely got a busy week ahead, so let’s dive right in. First order of business is finalizing plans for the big client presentation next week. I saw the recent emails about that, and I know that the plan is for Joe to demonstrate the current technology, but I had a new idea over the weekend and I wanted to ...

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