When a sports magazine gets taken over by a media conglomerate, a seasoned and successful ad sales executive named Dan Foreman is stunned by his demotion. Carter Duryea

a business school prodigy who is half Dans age and talks a lot about corporate synergyis brought in as his new boss. Dan spent years developing good relationships with his clients, but Carter thinks its more expedient to cross-promote the magazine with the corporations cell phone division. In this clip from the film, Carter has come to appreciate Dans work ethic and relationship skills, but his superior, Mark Steckle (Clark Gregg), wants to fire him. Carter stands up for Dan, even though it may mean he has to follow him out the door. Carter and Dan will have to work together if theyre going to find a way to save their jobs.

Questions:

1. Which management skills discussed in this chapter does the character Mark Steckle seem to lack? Discuss why?

2. The sequence shows three people who represent different hierarchical levels in the company. Based on this scene, which of the four kinds of managers do you think each of them might be? Discuss your answer.

3. Which of these three employees exhibited the strongest human skills? Discuss why?