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Part 3 Succeeding on the Job
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Case: Promoted over Your Friends
You are the top producer in your department. Because you are
happy to help your coworkers, your excellent record is not resented but
respected. You look forward to going to work every day. You genuinely
like the people you work with. You often socialize with them after work
and on weekends. In fact, you consider two of your coworkers your best
friends.
The day after your supervisor announces he is moving to another
city, you are asked to be his replacement. Although this has been one of
your career goals, you didn’t think it would happen in this department.
Your supervisor is very young and you fi gured he’d be around for years.
Now you are worried—how can you ever be an authority fi gure to your
friends?
Case Discussion
1. List three options for dealing with your job situation.
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2. List the option you would choose, and explain why you would
choose it.
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