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John is a typical upper-level manager. He began work with a large corporate the week he finished university. He thought his training was comprehensive but the real world knew better. It was a further eight weeks before his induction training was complete. John was well versed in the matters of timesheets, stationery requisitions and the [...]

Last night three department heads and their assistants sat down together. As expected the conversation was wide ranging and jumped from topic to topic almost at random. The heads dominated the conversation, creating space for others to speak when additional detail was required. Multiple times the conversation was hijacked to the cause of an individual. [...]