{The prompt picture, from Friday Fictioneers, makes me think of a corporate retreat, and what might happen there. Thank you for the prompt and for coming to read!}
Sally’s SUV glided to a halt. Her manicured fingertip cut the engine.
The smell of new leather hit her nostrils. New company car. New job. New opportunities for leadership.
She smiled in the rear-view, then scowled, as her phone buzzed.
Someone slid Sally’s purse off her shoulder. “Your cell phone,” he demanded.
Sally gripped it tighter. “But I …I’m the CEO!”
Phone secured, the greeter fastened Sally’s blindfold.
They passed a conga-line of likewise blindfolded employees, each trespassing, with trusting fingertips, on shoulders ahead,
He guided her elbow, to the head of the line.
“You’re the CEO. So lead.”
You challenged me as a reader, then I smiled at the ending, great piece of writing
Thank you Michael, that’s lovely to hear!
Wonder where the game is headed. Great story. ?
This is a trust game I’ve never heard of before. I’m glad I never had to go through that. A good story, Andrea. I liked the dialogue. 🙂 — Suzanne
Thanks. I’ve never been to such an event either, but i have heard of disability trainings, where people are either required to spend the day in a wheelchair or to try to maneuver everyday spaces while blindfolded. Makes you appreciate how much of a challenge getting around can be, with a physical disability. I’m beginning to appreciate those challenges even more, with a loved one finishing up rehab and facing re-integration into the “real world “. Thanks for coming by Patricia!
Nice test of leadership skill. A CEO / leader should be able to lead his / her team into uncharted territory with confidence when CEO also does not know what to expect.
Thank you Abhijit! It should definitely be a challenge and an opportunity for her to show what she’s made of!
God I hate these games!
Well done, though!
Thanks Dale. Sorry to make you relive it! Trust games and disability simulations can both leave us with a sense of diminished power and autonomy.
Absolutely.
Maybe not quite what she was expecting 🙂
Never know what your first day on the job will be like!
Well, that was a novel take 🙂 If you’re going to lead, I guess you have to gain the trust of your followers.
Thank you, linda–I think? ?
Well, she wants to be a CEO, I guess she has to take the responsibility that comes with it!
Yup. Kind of the “blind leading the blind” if I may be so politically incorrect and insensitive.
Dear Andrea,
My question is the same as Neel’s. I’m guessing trust games. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Kind of a trial by fire for a new executive. ?
A kidnap attempt or just a trainer playing trust games?
Only intended as a corporate retreat trust exercise, but who knows?