Mark Has Been Asked to Recommend One of His Colleagues

question 34

Short Answer

Mark has been asked to recommend one of his colleagues for promotion based on their performance in a recent project. Having met with all the candidates and remained as objective and impartial as possible during those sessions, Mark came away from those with a preference for candidate X. His natural tendency now is to compare X to the other candidates to verify that X is at least as good as they are on all the key criteria. Mark is now in the ________ phase of dominance structuring.

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Definitions:

Backchannel

Non-verbal or verbal signals given by listeners to indicate that they are paying attention or understanding the speaker.

Microblog Post

A short piece of content, often limited in character count, published on a microblogging platform like Twitter.

Teaser

A brief and intriguing piece of promotional material designed to capture interest or curiosity without revealing too much information.

Link

A reference or connection between two points, often used in the context of hyperlinks on the internet connecting one webpage to another.