“So what’s happened since I’ve been away … while the cat’s away and everything …”
“Oh lots/loads/heaps/everything … you should have seen … you must read … and that plan to … and the numbers …”
“So nothing much then …”
“No really … when you’re not here it’s so much easier (in the nicest possible way) … We can just get on without being pestered/chased/questioned/run left and right …”
“So that’s my leadership style is it? Pester – chase – question – and run you round … cheers!”
“Oh well, I didn’t mean it like that … you know what I mean.”
“So what’s happened then?”
“Well, we started rolling out some new Aviva Deals … and we got a lot of press coverage about the half-year profits and dividend …”
“An ABC Broker paper was gossiping about you and Igal and Janice …”
“Oh, and we won a large case from ABC Competitor, part of our ‘get out there and win strategy’.”
“I don’t remember the ‘get out there and win strategy’ before I left for the carp lake?”
“Well, you know, getting new business – we renamed it …”
“Oh, right …”
“Oh, and the competition, particularly ABC; they were attacking us in brokers’ offices … doing deals … price matching – you know … you know what it’s like to be market leader … always there to be shot at …”
“Oh, and Aviva’s been all over the telly – sponsoring the new ITV Drama series; Athletics coverage and some great medals for UKA; new advertising … and RAC has been very, very prominent … and the comparison sites are changing their advertising again (always a good sign) …”
“So what you’re saying is, in my absence on the riverbank, we’re all over the press; all over the TV; the competition are attacking us; RAC is prominent; deals left, right and centre; large cases flowing to us; newspapers are gossiping about us; and we’re out there getting new business.”
“Yeah, you’re right … same old, same old … welcome back.”
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