"The Nice Guy" Case Study

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Lyndsay Leach Case Study – “The Nice Guy” In “The Nice Guy” by Russ Edelman & Tim Hiltabiddle, Paul is up for a promotion at his company and feels he has put in the work to earn it. He feels confident in his presentations to his boss, Larry, and his ability to delegate and advise the employees that work under him. The time has come to put a new CEO in place and Paul thinks it should be him. However, after discussing things with Larry, he finds that George is being considered instead of him. Paul feels that George is not as qualified for the position as Paul is. He feels that George is only being considered due to all of his recent business & not his overall work with the company. The question here is what does Paul do now? What are the next steps for Paul to take? I think that Paul has two main options here. First, he could take the easy way out and quit the company altogether. However, he seems to care a lot about this company and his position, so he might be better off with the second option. Instead of quitting, he can approach his boss again and ask some more questions—what about me is holding you back to promoting me? What can I do to improve my chances of getting the promotion? What qualities are you looking for that George possesses and I do not? With this approach, Paul is able to manage his feelings towards the job and reevaluate what he is not doing accurately. Paul may feel that he is the more qualified employee, but maybe he is missing a few important qualities to being a CEO. Once Paul has reevaluated what Larry tells him he can improve on, he needs to implement these changes. Paul simply has to go back in and change up his work to reflect what the boss is looking for in the CEO. Perhaps Paul needs to take better charge of the employees under him. For example, Paul is dealing with one employee, Lisa, who is helping her very sick

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