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It will not matter whether anyone ''used'' the template, much less that there was nothing ''wrong'' with it — your failure to do what [[Chip]], in your absence<ref>Indeed, likely before your employment, in a kinder time, before the great financial crisis.</ref>, committed to do, [[quod erat demonstrandum]] is grounds for censure.  
It will not matter whether anyone ''used'' the template, much less that there was nothing ''wrong'' with it — your failure to do what [[Chip]], in your absence<ref>Indeed, likely before your employment, in a kinder time, before the great financial crisis.</ref>, committed to do, [[quod erat demonstrandum]] is grounds for censure.  


Similarly, a fellow hazards instant dismissal should he not complete all [[computer based training]] by the designated time — there will be many system-generated email reminders, make no mistake — no matter how pointless the topic<ref>Health and safety in employment and records management are always good ones</ref> or asinine the training on it may be.
Similarly, a fellow hazards instant dismissal should he not complete all [[computer-based training]] by the designated time — there will be many system-generated email reminders, make no mistake — no matter how pointless the topic<ref>Health and safety in employment and records management are always good ones</ref> or asinine the training on it may be.


By contrast, your total incompetence when negotiating a critical indemnity will fly leagues over their heads. Because [[internal audit]] wouldn't have the first clue what [[gross negligence]] even is, let alone what amounts to it, much less how one would recognise an indemnity if one happened across one, whether [[carve out|carved out]] or not.
By contrast, your total incompetence when negotiating a critical [[indemnity]] will fly leagues over their heads, because [[internal audit]] wouldn't have the first clue what [[gross negligence]] even is, let alone what amounts to it, much less how one would recognise an [[indemnity]] if one happened across one, whether [[carve out|carved out]] or not. Result: almost no lawyer in history has ever known how to properly use an [[indemnity]], and [[internal audit]] have never been the wiser. Perceptive onlookers will have noticed that the financial system seems to have weathered our collective feyness about indemnities all right. So far.


The secret, for the most part, is to steer clear of [[service level agreements]], [[key performance indicators]], [[target operating model]]s. Articulate your contribution to the ongoing well-being  and measurable aspects of your performance. The experienced commercial solicitor is a vessel for ineffable wisdom. His output is incomprehensible genius. So in large part this is quite manageable.  
The secret, for the most part, is to steer clear of [[service level agreements]], [[key performance indicators]], [[target operating model]]s. Articulate your contribution to the ongoing well-being  and measurable aspects of your performance. The experienced commercial solicitor is a vessel for ineffable wisdom. His output is incomprehensible genius. So in large part this is quite manageable.