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asking the Country Head who had worked for 2 years already there. He
enquired from the expats in his office about me as to who I was and
where I had worked before, apparently, he was not so happy about the
attention I got from the Chairman. This I was told by one of my friends
working in his office.

I devised the scheme in consultation with the local staff and submitted
to the Country Head for onward transmission to the Chairman's office in
India. We got a telex in response that Scheme had been approved and
we could go ahead and implement the same.

Insights from the episode
1. A constructive suggestion is generally welcome by any higher
authority and an employee should never be daunted to share
opinions as long as they are for the benefit of the organization.
2. If we talk sense in the interest of the organization, even top boss
would listen. (The Chairman listened.)
3. We must prepare well for the visit of the top boss.

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