Unfurling

Executive Pitch

Paige quickly sets up her web conference so she is able to brainstorm with her team. She hopes to close this quickly so she can start holding the necessary calls with the executives. In no time at all, her team is dialing in and Paige greets each as they join the web conference. They all catch up with one another while they wait for everyone to join. The cameras on the laptops are on during the call so it’s almost as good as working in the same building together.

Once everyone is on the call, Paige quickly shares what transpired last night and the need for a work around so that the product roll out isn’t delayed. She shares an idea she has for a work around which her team agrees is good. Paige questions whether it can be better. The team immediately starts breaking the process down further and it isn’t long before they have a work around that she thinks will be an easy sell to the executives.

She shares her screen to capture the work around process and once everyone agrees it is correct, she thanks them all and ends the call.

Updating the presentation with the proposed work around doesn’t take long. She spends the rest of the morning and early afternoon getting any open time slot with the appropriate executives before the end of the day so she can communicate everything. Paige is realizing that the end of the day is going to be awful as a result of these calls being stacked one after the other.

Paige heads out of the building to the nearest coffee shop. Once she has her mocha in hand, she walks back to her desk to go through the presentation making sure it is error free. Working through the presentation a final time, she notices that her trash hasn’t been emptied. She walks into the outer office and asks the room if the trash has been picked up. Most respond without even looking that they still have trash.

I’m going to wait until the end of the day, Paige thinks. If it’s not picked up I’m going to his supervisor.

She looks through her business cards and contact list, finding nothing for the cleaning service. Thinking that the call center on one of the upper floors may have that information, she reaches out to a manager that she’s known awhile. She asks if they have a contact list for the cleaning company. They advise they do and share the entire list by email immediately.

Paige sees that it’s time for her calls with the executives to start. She starts the web conference, has the presentation sharing on the screen, and waits for them to join. She quickly completes the four calls and due to her diligence there is no serious push back on the work around and very few additional questions with the details she provides. All executives are on board. It is much easier than she anticipates.

Hearing a noise, she looks out into the office and sees that all but a few people have left for the day. She also sees the maintenance man coming through gathering the trash and checks the time, seeing its after five she suspects that this will be the last trash pick up for the day.

Picking up her phone, she calls the man’s supervisor.