Another Big and Interesting Project handed off to me. Only this one has several team members from across the organization, a couple of Executive Sponsors, nebulous but ambitious deliverables, and Very High Visibility. Eep!<\/p>\n
Major drawback is that it involves travel between now and my vacation. Drats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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