Little Novels

Here are some little novels that you'll see hidden in the workplace:

• The person who routinely plays dumb in order to avoid embarrassing others.
• The team members who devote most of their time to sabotaging one another.
• The manager who long ago mistook timidity for deliberation.
• The employee who hates the workplace so much he won't leave until it is perfect.
• The executive who secretly longs to be an artist.
• The director who measures personal success solely in dollars.
• The burnt-out case who is just going through the motions.
• The grizzled veteran who barks at people but genuinely cares for them.
• The smiling chief of staff who'd cut your throat for a quarter.
• The young supervisor who has better judgment than several department heads.
• The quiet technician who is a vast reservoir of untapped knowledge.
• The lawyer who keeps nudging top management to do the right thing.
• The worker who has been looking forward to retirement from the first day on the job.