Little story....23 Mar 2018 09:32
years ago of an outgoing CEO handing over the reins to the new guy.
The younger man was nervous and asked for any final advice
The older man said he had left 3 sealed envelopes in his desk, labelled 1,2 &3
The first Crisis that came along he was to open envelope No.1, the second crisis envelope No.2 etc
A few months passes without incident & then all hell breaks lose out of nowhere.
He opens envelope No.1, inside is a note, it simply says "Blame the last guy", so he does and the crisis dies down.
Things swim along nicely until out of nowhere another major crisis, so he opens envelope No.2, inside is a note which simply says, "Organise a reshuffle of people, maybe rename the company". She he does this & the crisis passes once more.
A year further down the line, again out of nowhere comes another crisis so he opens envelope No.3, inside is another note which simply says, "Write 3 notes into 3 sealed envelopes and place them in your desk" 😂
In our case, Envelope No,2 has just been opened....
Hopefully will not need to open envelope no. 3.....