Voicemail "Hi Chris. It's Paul from the Design department. I hope you're settling in well. Don't hesitate to let me know if I can help in any way with your getting oriented here. The place can be quite political. The reason I'm calling today is to get your support for our proposal to further invest in our exploration efforts for Miracle Product. Our design and engineering teams are really excited about the market potential of this product and our prototypes look great. You should stop by and see for yourself. We need all the support we can get to convince the business development team next week to give us the little extra time and funding we need to turn it into a reality. I know some people are pushing for them to consider throwing the entire project out to instead support the next iteration of Lackluster Product. I heard you've got killer instincts when it comes to getting others to accept your ideas. It'd be terrific if you could help us design a strategy to win over everyone in that upcoming meeting and make this project a success. Can I count on you? Cheers mate."

Issue identification and discussion (best analyses are multilayered analysis; need to discuss more than one issue and think about issues may be interrelated; aim to discuss 2 issues in depth rather than too many superficially; make sure to provide a rationale for why the issues are important to tackle)