Just as I held my hand out to greet the new CEO at the glass board table downtown, the chairman scoffed into the mic: “I don’t shake hands with low-level employees.” The whole room laughed along, the livestream cameras glowed red, and someone even handed me a bouquet like a prop. I didn’t pull my hand back—I just stared straight ahead and said one sentence that made the CFO go pale, phones buzz nonstop, and the number on the slide suddenly became… a blank. – News
I held my hand out to greet the new CEO, the white lilies and eucalyptus balanced in my arm…