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she's under to meet those goals. Alone in your office, you recap

the meeting.

(A) This woman has a really tough job, and she's welcome to

it! Who needs that kind of pressure? You're happy working

on your own level.

(B) There's no doubt the CEO works too hard. Is it all that

good for the company? She should relax and let the staff

take over some of the pressure.

(C) That's one tough worker, and I feel for her. Someday I'll

reach her position and have to go through the same routine.

There must be some techniques I could learn now to make

things easier for me when that time comes.

The Method

Someone who works under you has come up with a promising

but untried method for doing one of the crucial jobs. She sends

you a memo about it.

(A) You don't really know whether or not the method will work,

so you thank her for the idea and shelve her memo.

(B) The method is interesting, but why take a chance with some-

thing new when what you're doing works? Still, if it's

promising, others should examine it. You pass it on to the

higher-ups.

(C) The method, you realize, may help your department, and

also help you. You decide to look into it and perhaps imple-

ment it.