"Can you make the deadline chart shorter?" asked Casey.
"Sure," said the trial paralegal, "right after we stop making the missing signature longer."
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"Can you make the deadline chart shorter?" asked Casey.
"Sure," said the trial paralegal, "right after we stop making the missing signature longer."
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The collections lead can say "client-safe" about the write-down with a perfectly straight face.
That is what experience looks like.
What counts as progress at month-end close?
When the billing partner stops revising the realization chart long enough to blame the budget variance.
I asked the billing partner a simple question about the narrative entry.
I got a collections summary and a tone that suggested simple was not on the menu.