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Given the story, how would you uniquely allocate each person to make sure both tasks are accomplished efficiently?
narrative
I found myself at the helm of a budding non-profit organization, steering through promising yet unpredictable currents. My first order of business was to assemble my team - Emily, Joshua, and Madison. Each one was a beacon of brilliance, yet shrouded in their unique blend of strengths and weaknesses. My challenge was to assign them to two pivotal tasks - Fundraising and Campaign Management, tasks that would test their mettle and shape the future of our organization. Emily was an enigma, a quandary swathed in floral print. She had an impressive reach of well-to-do philanthropists, thanks to her widespread network of wealthy individuals. The funds she had pulled in for previous outfits she was part of shattered all records. When it came to raising funds, she was peerless, despite the fact that she had an annoying habit of occasionally missing crucial deadlines due to her other engagements. Yet Emily wasn’t without her chinks. She was a sensitive soul, who hated being interrupted forcefully mid-conversation, a habit Joshua was known for. She would get flustered, her cheeks would turn a shade of bright pink, and then she'd go quiet. Joshua, much to my consternation, continued doing so, oblivious to the distress he was causing her. Once, he cut into her when she was explaining something during a meeting and she had abruptly stopped speaking. She was silent for the rest of the session. Madison, on the other hand, wasn’t a team player. She had made a harsh comment about Emily’s ideas during our first team-building activity, casting a dour shadow on the proceedings. She apparently had a small social circle and wasn’t comfortable seeking funds, something that was evident during our preliminary discussions about fundraising. On top of it all, she had a reputation for missing deadlines and struggled with organizing tasks efficiently. Joshua was more of an enigma. At first glance, his commanding personality promised of leadership, often laced with a dash of charisma that could convince anyone to agree with him. Indeed, he and Madison often found themselves at odds in group discussions and would passionately argue their standpoint. That being said though, Joshua had a streak of procrastination in him. He would often take too long to make important decisions, something that could prove detrimental to our organization. His one-on-one conversation skills were, to put it mildly, less than ideal. He would stumble and lose his chain of thought. His previous fundraising efforts, compared to Emily’s, had gathered little more than a handful of donations. His past history as a leader too, wasn’t very promising. They had their flaws, but I was hopeful, certain even, that using their skills appropriately and putting them in roles they were comfortable with, we would achieve our objective for this non-profit organization. It meant constant rejigging, allocating the two crucial tasks of fundraising and campaign management to the right person, and with that, the journey had just begun. It was time to weigh their strengths and weaknesses, and chalk out the perfect plan using their skills.
choices
- Fundraising: Emily, Campaign Management: Joshua and Madison
- Fundraising: Joshua, Campaign Management: Emily and Madison
- Fundraising: Madison, Campaign Management: Emily and Joshua
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