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stole a quick glance at Peter. She was
not surprised to see him staring at her with an amused and quizzical expression
on his face, one eyebrow raised slightly. There was a pause before he spoke.
“Ah, THE Katie McGovern no
less. Funnily enough, I already seem to know a lot about you. Congratulations
on the deal with Logistics…..they're not an easy company to crack,” he said
slowly. He turned back to Sue and, with what Katie thought to be a sly smile on
his face, nodded at her to continue.
“Yes, thanks Peter. Anyway.
Katie has already discussed implementation timelines with Logistics and we have
a six month window starting today. I've discussed role allocations with Julie
and we want Katie to continue to project manage and David, as your current
assignment finishes at the end of the week, we want you to head up the tech
side. Is that OK with everyone?”
Sue looked up and, not expecting
any challenges to her previous statement, she continued. “Great. OK, so.....”
At that moment Peter Jarvis
looked up from some notes that had been handed round and said.
“Hang on a sec, Sue. What are
the parameters of the deal? How big is it exactly?”
“Well, I think we should let
Katie outline those. She's closest to their requirements. Katie?”
The room fell silent as
everyone turned to look at Katie who had gone into complete meltdown mode. She
stared down at her papers and started mumbling.
“I, well, thanks, Sue, um,
it's difficult to say really. Logistics are looking to, um, well I need to
confirm the final details and …..” Katie fell silent. She knew she was making a
total fool of herself but her mind had gone into a sort of mush. She stole
another glance at Peter and his piercing eyes bore into her with astonishment.
She turned her head towards Sue and saw that her face bore an expression of
surprise.
“Well, I can see you've still
got some prep work to do on this.....Katie,” said Peter. “I haven't got time
for this. Let's re-convene when you've got yourself together. Sue. Julie.”
With that comment, Peter got
up, acknowledged everyone with a quick nod of his head, and walked purposefully
out of the room which was left silent.
Katie drew in a huge breath
and willed herself to be calm. She had cocked up badly and now she knew she
needed to get herself together to salvage both the deal and, probably, her
reputation.
“So what the hell was that
all about?” said Julie, looking accusingly at Sue and Katie in turn. “The boss
comes in for the first time in months and we look like total idiots. Great!”
“Look, I'm really sorry. I've
got all the information here, it’s just that.....” said Katie.
“Just what exactly?” retorted
Julie. “It’s like you've seen a ghost.”
“I'm really sorry about that
Julie,” muttered Sue, back peddling like mad to appease her boss. “I'm sure
Katie knows the info. Let's press on anyway and get some of these things
sorted.”
Katie drew in a big breath,
knotted her hands together and started to speak again.
Later, as she sat at her
desk, she shuddered as she relived the meeting. With a superhuman effort, she
had managed to run through the objectives and, even though she knew her
performance had been woeful, everyone had seemed satisfied and the meeting had
broken up about thirty minutes later.
Katie still felt in shock
when she saw Sue beckoning at her from behind the glass wall in her office.
With a heavy heart, Katie made her way down the corridor between the workstations
and into Sue's office. She sat down on one of the chairs behind the desk and
started talking.
“Look, Sue, I'm sorry about
that, I was just a bit taken aback when Peter Jarvis came in, I kind of had not
been prepared.....”
“You behaved like a love lost
teenager. God, it was so embarrassing. I hope he doesn't start asking
questions, otherwise we could both be in trouble. What's it all about
not surprised to see him staring at her with an amused and quizzical expression
on his face, one eyebrow raised slightly. There was a pause before he spoke.
“Ah, THE Katie McGovern no
less. Funnily enough, I already seem to know a lot about you. Congratulations
on the deal with Logistics…..they're not an easy company to crack,” he said
slowly. He turned back to Sue and, with what Katie thought to be a sly smile on
his face, nodded at her to continue.
“Yes, thanks Peter. Anyway.
Katie has already discussed implementation timelines with Logistics and we have
a six month window starting today. I've discussed role allocations with Julie
and we want Katie to continue to project manage and David, as your current
assignment finishes at the end of the week, we want you to head up the tech
side. Is that OK with everyone?”
Sue looked up and, not expecting
any challenges to her previous statement, she continued. “Great. OK, so.....”
At that moment Peter Jarvis
looked up from some notes that had been handed round and said.
“Hang on a sec, Sue. What are
the parameters of the deal? How big is it exactly?”
“Well, I think we should let
Katie outline those. She's closest to their requirements. Katie?”
The room fell silent as
everyone turned to look at Katie who had gone into complete meltdown mode. She
stared down at her papers and started mumbling.
“I, well, thanks, Sue, um,
it's difficult to say really. Logistics are looking to, um, well I need to
confirm the final details and …..” Katie fell silent. She knew she was making a
total fool of herself but her mind had gone into a sort of mush. She stole
another glance at Peter and his piercing eyes bore into her with astonishment.
She turned her head towards Sue and saw that her face bore an expression of
surprise.
“Well, I can see you've still
got some prep work to do on this.....Katie,” said Peter. “I haven't got time
for this. Let's re-convene when you've got yourself together. Sue. Julie.”
With that comment, Peter got
up, acknowledged everyone with a quick nod of his head, and walked purposefully
out of the room which was left silent.
Katie drew in a huge breath
and willed herself to be calm. She had cocked up badly and now she knew she
needed to get herself together to salvage both the deal and, probably, her
reputation.
“So what the hell was that
all about?” said Julie, looking accusingly at Sue and Katie in turn. “The boss
comes in for the first time in months and we look like total idiots. Great!”
“Look, I'm really sorry. I've
got all the information here, it’s just that.....” said Katie.
“Just what exactly?” retorted
Julie. “It’s like you've seen a ghost.”
“I'm really sorry about that
Julie,” muttered Sue, back peddling like mad to appease her boss. “I'm sure
Katie knows the info. Let's press on anyway and get some of these things
sorted.”
Katie drew in a big breath,
knotted her hands together and started to speak again.
Later, as she sat at her
desk, she shuddered as she relived the meeting. With a superhuman effort, she
had managed to run through the objectives and, even though she knew her
performance had been woeful, everyone had seemed satisfied and the meeting had
broken up about thirty minutes later.
Katie still felt in shock
when she saw Sue beckoning at her from behind the glass wall in her office.
With a heavy heart, Katie made her way down the corridor between the workstations
and into Sue's office. She sat down on one of the chairs behind the desk and
started talking.
“Look, Sue, I'm sorry about
that, I was just a bit taken aback when Peter Jarvis came in, I kind of had not
been prepared.....”
“You behaved like a love lost
teenager. God, it was so embarrassing. I hope he doesn't start asking
questions, otherwise we could both be in trouble. What's it all about
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