GORDON LIGHTFOOT | Culture
INSTANT IMPACT
Senior HR advisor Amy Dalton may have switched off halfway through this morning’s group hui, but that wasn’t going to stop her from making a massive impact late in the piece.
The 42 year old at the Ministry of Education knew exactly how to make the kind of splash that would let people know she was there, even though she really wasn’t, as she had joined the meeting online from home.
“Will these slides be made available afterwards?” she typed confidently into the chat box of her Microsoft Teams interface. Dalton then sat there sipping her coffee on her couch, expectantly waiting for her recognition.
Without fail, David Sealy who had chaired the one hour meeting with over 600 participants, spotted Dalton’s bombshell of a contribution.
“And I’ve just seen in the chat, Amy’s asked will these slides be available afterwards. Yes, good point Amy, we’ll make sure those get emailed to everyone. Good call out,” he said dutifully.
Brimming with confidence, Ms. Dalton then went back into the chat and wrote, “Thanks David. Great presso team!”, despite only having a vague idea of what the presentation was about.
Dalton spoke to reporters post-hui to run them through her thought process.
“These kinds of presentations are great, but it’s also really handy to get the slides afterwards for future reference. I’m a really practical person, so I’m always on hand to double check if the Powerpoint slides are going to be sent out,” she said ably.
“David’s a great GM, but he just doesn’t have the practical mind that I do. No attention to detail.”
More to come.
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