management? Could it be
They told me done?
the company I took the information
down on a scrap piece of
needed to newspaper. The company
name, the president’s
change. The people name and his return
and the things that were phone number.
made were understood to
The note was simply
be of quality, but no
tossed into the box next
customers.
to my desk, with all the
Late one night the phone other notes, from all the
rang and it was another other presidents or their
offer, another company, operatives, just another
another opportunity for note.
me to change a company.
This last guy, kindhearted
Could I modify their
but anxious, you could
operations? Could I again
hear it in his voice, profits
transform their
down, turnover too high
productivity and
and the more he talked
revolutionize their
the more concern I
suffered for his company,

the people inside the delivery. In a way, it was
organization and also a very special delivery.
their customers.
The gentlemen that called
last night, the president of
FingerTouch seemed to be
I think, I sense, I know
suspect of my clothing.
that his company would
fail within 90 working George Tenderly was the
days. It’s only the opinion majority stake holder and
of mine, but they always also the acting president
come true and I know of FingerTouch and he
why. stood about six foot six
with slim build and that
healthy tough look that
Gregory Bodenhamer
the younger men bare
PeopleNology
today.
Nollijy University
Standing at the door I
could make out that he
The knock at the door was trying his best to
caused me to peek out peek inside the door.
the door and it just had to
“Mr. Tenderly, would you
be another special
please come in”

“Yes, please, I do make
apology and ask for your
As he walked in I took a
forgiveness about not
second to peek outside
and noticed that the rain calling before I dropped
was still around, fifty in”
degrees the sun far away “George, I placed the note
this day. I took last night when you
called in the box, that one
“Mr. Tenderly, we spoke
right over there. It’s the
last night and I appreciate
resting place for my
your personal visit, but
notes. I leave them there
without notice is
and they just rest in their
unusual.”
little file box.”
As Mr. Tenderly was
taking a seat within my
home office I caught a “Excuse me Mr. Sander,
quick glimpse of his five but I notice you have a big
hundred dollar shoes. pile of little notes in that
box”
“May I call you George,
Mr. Tenderly?”
“Yes I do George,
illustrious people,

celebrated companies and FingerTouch power tool in
remarkable people call me their hands.”
for help. They find talent,
“Mr. Sander, we’re big
skills and energy not and we’re going broke.
sufficient at times.” We’re on the verge of
penniless at this point and
we’ve tried everything,
“What can I do for you
everything or bust.”
George?”
“George, I don’t think it’s
“Mr. Sander, we make
good to try everything, do
electric power tools that
you?”
are used around the
world. We sell them by “Mr. Sander, may I call
the truck loads and we you Greg?”
manufacture so many we “George, if you’re ruined I
even ship them by rail and cannot help you. If you
ship. If there is a guy waited too long and
sanding a piece of wood wasted too much time
or cutting a two by four trying everything you
they most likely have a
might just be defeated,
call me Greg”

“Greg, we’re suffering “George, you ever think
defeat and we can’t shake about running an
it off” orphanage?”
“We’ve made mistakes, “Well, Greg, I, I don’t
too many, invested in think so. Why?”
some bad products, hired
some bad apples, but
immoral we’re not and “George, you seem smart,
we’ve got a lot of great curious enough but
people Greg” maybe you shouldn’t be
running a company.” “I’m
“George, how many folks not trying to shock you
do you have on your George but if you’re in
payroll?” dire straights concerning
“It’s about twenty three profits and loss, products,
thousand now, but we’re innovations and all that
getting to get rid of a other stuff, you should get
bunch!” rid of you!”
“George, you talk like “Greg, I can’t invent my
you’re killing bugs.” way out of this. Maybe
I’m not the best of the

best but I’m also not “Greg, like most, I’ve got
awful or dreadful or the standard two.”
appalling.” “I’m the leader
“George, you know your
of the band and the band parents. You are the
needs something.” parent of the
“George you company is organization. Your
not a baby anymore; it associates look up to you
has a head, maybe just as a parent at times, the
the wrong one.” leader of their band and
you’re squirting around
“Greg you keep trying to
about going broke.”
articulate and declare
something about me. I
understand that I’m the “Greg we have a lot of
leader of the band, made meetings, several
my mistakes, learned
consultants running
from them, verbalized
around and the
what we must do, and
employees are about on
shouted some.”
the brink of going
“George, how many berserk.”
parents you got?” Greg got up abruptly and
faintly touched George on

the shoulder as if to and jelly sandwiches and
follow him into the next flipped on the coffee pot
room. switch as George, a little
“George, do you like uncomfortable, tried to
peanut‐butter and jelly follow the conversation.
sandwiches?” The first thing that Greg
noticed about the
“Well Greg, it’s been a
president of FingerTouch
long time but yes I do”
is that he was mature
“George, I have no enough, tall enough,
intention of trying to articulate enough and had
cheer you up because a good charisma about
that’s your problem. I’m him with maybe a little
not in charge of your too much authority.
emotions, you are. What I
do for a company is
teaching them the things The president’s makeup
that they think they was very professional and
already know.” he played the character of
president well. Greg’s
intuition also told him,
Greg proceeded to make a that gut feeling impulse
couple of peanut‐butter Greg always gets meeting

new people, that the improvements and the
president does not have things he needed.
the exact makeup to be Wasting a little time
successful in business. eating a packed in peanut‐
“George, here you go. The better and jelly sandwich
best sandwich you can get was not that big of a deal.
for free at eight thirty in George also knew that
the morning. Grab you a Sander was an idea guy;
cup of coffee and we can he had enough of them
sit over here.” running around. George
needed a doer guy, get it
finished, ready set go kind
George got the sense that of guy.
the sandwich comes with
some kind of price that’s FingerTouch is bringing up
the rear on profits and
going to be paid as he
they were getting ready
took the first sip of a hot
to lay‐off several hundred
cup of coffee.
people. FingerTouch
George knew Sander has a doesn’t call it a lay‐off
great reputation and had they call it extended
that sixth sense about voluntary time off. It’s
people, process, the neater way to lay‐off

people, kill off some
dollars and keep people
on the hook at the same
time.