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ESL Podcast 360 – A Management Dispute
ESL Podcast 360 – A Management Dispute
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Business
Audio Index:
Slow dialogue: 1:40
Explanations: 4:06
Fast dialogue: 16:41
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Jeannie: Have you heard about the new
management dispute?
Salih: No, what’s happening?
Jeannie: Well, the CEO is having problems with
the
head of one of the subsidiaries.
Salih: Which one?
Jeannie: Lance Publishing. Apparently, the
head,
Bill Riker, is saying that he and the CEO differ
too
much in their business philosophy
and
they can’t agree on a future direction for the
company.
Salih: I really hope they can settle
their
dispute soon. It doesn’t do anybody any good
to
have so much hostility in the office.
Jeannie: I hope so, too. This company can’t
afford
to have another high-level
departure.
We’ve lost so many good people already this
past
year.
Salih: We’ve had a lot of bad press,
that’s
for sure. It doesn’t matter that our
employment
contracts have confidentiality
agreements. When somebody is
disgruntled, they talk, and they talk
loudly and to whomever will listen.
Jeannie: You’ve got that right. I just hope
none of
us gets caught in the crossfire. I
deal
with people at Lance Publishing every week.
Salih: I’m with you. I’m keeping a low
profile and hoping that the whole thing
will
blow over soon. What the CEO and
the
head of Lance Publishing need is a good
mediator who can find some way for
two
incompatible personalities to
meet in
the middle.
Jeannie: What do you think the chances are of
that
happening?
Salih: Quite frankly, knowing the people
involved, I
think it has a snowball’s chance in
hell!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
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