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See also the [[Northern Ireland portfolio]] in the nineteen seventies. | See also the [[Northern Ireland portfolio]] in the nineteen seventies. | ||
One of the accursed people in an Investment Bank, the head of the | One of the accursed people in an Investment Bank, the head of the documentation unit — those sainted individuals responsible for making flesh the wishes of the [[credit]] department — is only in the role to atone for a sin (possibly one committed in a former life), or as act of spite, vengeance or perverse cruelty from someone else further up the organisation. | ||
Running the negotiators is an utterly thankless role, one totally bereft of thanks, which - because of its cost, heft, and inevitable negative impact on the franchise, is irresistible fodder for [[change manager|change managers]], [[management consultant|management consultants]], and people who think a “[[chief operating officer]]” is a fine thing to aspire to, to fiddle with. Which means any well-meaning attempts you make to fix things are bound to fail, and fail in a way that is inextribably tied to you. | Running the negotiators is an utterly thankless role, one totally bereft of thanks, which - because of its cost, heft, and inevitable negative impact on the franchise, is irresistible fodder for [[change manager|change managers]], [[management consultant|management consultants]], and people who think a “[[chief operating officer]]” is a fine thing to aspire to, to fiddle with. Which means any well-meaning attempts you make to fix things are bound to fail, and fail in a way that is inextribably tied to you. |