And so to the third and final candidate for the post of CEO. Charismatic headhunter Harry Aske sat next to Sally Gulliver in an obscure office in the Godforsaken windowless basement of the Global Blancmange offices, spiders’ webs starring the corners of the ceiling. Annie James was a tall, imposing woman with an expression on her face which implied that, whatever you were about to say, you almost certainly hadn’t thought it through.
‘So…’ began Sally.
‘Right,’ said Annie James, wresting the conversation metaphorically out of Sally’s hands, whacking it against the side of the desk a couple of times to get it to shape up and then tossing it over her shoulder, ‘What would you say were the three key things the new CEO needs to do in their first three months?’
‘Well, I…’
‘Put it another way: what particular skills do you think your new CEO would desperately need?’
‘Ah, well…’
‘And how exactly would you say people here see their CEO? Is it a hierarchical culture, would you say, or more sophisticated than that?’
‘It’s…’
‘Let’s talk commercial development now. What, in your opinion, will be your chief source of revenue in five years’ time?’
‘Oh, well, in a way…’
‘Does anyone fancy a cup of tea?’ asked Harry, plaintively.
Next Friday: Decisions…
@BinglebyinHR
Bingleby was confiding in Richard Goff
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