“Your bus is going to go up in flames,” Michael said.
The words hit George like a dagger in the heart.
Michael and Jamie always had given him problems and
he expected they wouldn’t get on his bus. But José was
a big surprise. José had always worked hard for him.
And the biggest surprise of all was that José chose to
stay off the bus while Larry and Tom, the two biggest
problems of all, handed in their tickets and decided to
get on.
As the three wolves stood there, George didn’t know
what else to say. He was in shock. Sure, he had contem-
plated that there might be people who wouldn’t get on
his bus but he never thought what he would do if this ac-
tually happened. Now it was staring him right in the face
and he felt lost.
“Thank you,” is all George said as they walked out of
his office and he slumped into his chair.
Thinking about his team dynamics he felt more hope-
less than ever. Two people he thought would surely stay
off his bus wanted to be on it, and the one person he had
thought would be his first passenger said no.
Needless to say the day did not go well. Larry and
Tom continued causing problems by fighting with each
other and the rest of the team. They complained about
everything and bashed other people’s ideas while offer-
ing no solutions of their own. George tried to get every-
one on the same page but he was severely distracted by
the three wolves who did not want to get on his bus. He
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