I have been very busy this week, trying to take over a project from my departed direct report. On top of my day job.<\/p>\n
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I’d wanted to gather up a bunch of people for this, and Friday is the worst freaking day of the week, and we have the presentation in an hour.”<\/p>\n “Uh …”<\/p>\n “So … here.”<\/p>\n He hands me a little box (of the “Ooh, we like those sizes of packages” Christmas type). The penny drops.<\/p>\n Inside is my 20-year service pin — a very nice gold lapel pin with the company logo and three diamonds around it. Keen.<\/p>\n “Thanks, man. Congratulation. It’s been a real pleasure,” the Boss says. And then there was a Boss-sized hole in the air as he headed off to the next Critical Thing to Do.<\/p>\n Still, it was a pretty keen way to end the week, if you ask me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have been very busy this week, trying to take over a project from my departed direct report. On top of my day job. 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