The Woman Who Changed Our Lives by Alan Svejk

The Woman WhoChanged Our Lives

by Alan Svejk

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The Woman Who Changed Our Lives by Alan Svejk

How easy is it, to change the world, to influence the fundamental values of the economicsand the society? Female Assets are able to achieve many amazing things, including the victo-ries in the realm of corporate warfare, that top spheres of big business. Their determination,decisiveness, self-confidence, professional skills, the precious ability to understand the re-lationships and to push the right things can bring you vast advantages too, Female Asset.

Sometimes, your decisions can change the whole society, and your actions can influence eventhe foreign matters. Although nobody will know and remember your name in the end, youwill become the active creator of your presence and future. Next time, you won´t have toopen any doors with effort - the doors will open before you, because people will understand,how substantial player you are.

However, be prepared for some risky events and even controversy. Your bold actions canhave serious consequences not only for your close vicinity. The world often works as a domi-no. Someone tips over one single piece, and the avalanche will start... and this law applies tothe financial branch of business as strongly, as you can imagine.

But many would agree, that to tip over that piece of domino yourself is better, than to be for-ced to accept the consequences of action by somebody else.

Today, you will learn, how surprisingly easy is to start a national, or even worldwide econo-mic crisis. Meet Clara, the fateful person for many...

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When the unpleasant rumors surfaced, that the Corporation will accomplish a massive lay-off, because the top management plans to sell the company to a foreign multi-national invest-ment group, every employee knew, that their professional future is now more than uncertain.It was shortly before Christmas, and many of the people predicted correctly, that this holidayscould possibly become really bitter...

Then, at one unhappy and grey Monday, the unknown consultants from that famous consul-tancy company McKindley came, and they occupied all conference rooms with papers, chartsand serious faces. It was real. It was happening. Some employees joked about it, they wereconfident, that they are too important to be fired, whereas another people, not so sure indivi-


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duals, started covert browsing on the job market websites. The general atmosphere in theCorporation was tense, and no Christmas trees could change that.

Clara worked as a Senior Risk Analyst in the Risk Assessment department for two years. Shegraduated in mathematics and psychology, quite an unusual combination, and her task was toevaluate the business operations of the Corporation not only with profit in consideration, asSales department did, but rather to hold the enthusiasm back, and suport it with clear num-bers.

When an unknown man and woman approached her desk, she felt, how her cheeks are gettingred. "Are you Clara?" they asked her politely, but their faces and eyes were cold.

"Yes," she said silently. All colleagues around pretended to work, but you could read in theirminds, how glad they are, that it is not them this time.

"Clara, could you please to come with us to the conference room? We would like to talkabout your professional future."

She just locked her computer screen and followed them.

"Firstly, we would like to deeply appreciate your previous work here. You are a real asset ofthe Corporation, and we are glad to have you here," the woman started with the experiencedeffort to make her voice sounding soft.

"However, as you probably know, there are some substantial organizational changes plannedin the Corporation, and it means, that the budget for the work force is limited. In other words,we can´t keep a highly skilled professional like you.

Please, understand, that we highly appreciate your professional qualities, really, and we be-lieve in your loyalty to the Corporation and her higher interests. So, we would like to suggestyou a solution for this complicated situation for both sides. We hope, that we will find amutually advantageous way, how to support your next career.

So, this is our offer. We will pay you twelve months salary as a bonus, we will write the bestrecommendations for you, and we will provide you a six month career consultancy, to helpyou further. On the contrary, you will sign the voluntary agreement for the termination ofyour work contract, with the immediate validity."

And it was out. Clara managed to seem calm. She knew, that they are both watching her,evaluating her feelings and stance, so they will be able to improve their tactics. But one thingwas sure - the decision was made, and even if she would fight or complain, nothing wouldhelp her.

Although there was a mandatory two months term to terminate the work agreement by thework law, she would gain nothing, and they could really worsen her further career, just bywriting a bad recommendation for her future boss. It was not reasonable to revolt. The lawprotection of employees was one thing - the practice completely another.


"I understand the reasons for this changes," Clara replied eventually. "It happens everywheretoday, and I know, that it is not personal."

"Your superior John always talks about you only with high respect," the HR woman confir-med. "We knew, that you will understand us. Thank you. So, can we ask you to sign thepapers?"

"I have one favor to ask," Clara said. "You know, it´s Christmas... it would be nice, if I couldreceive the money immediately, to have a pleasant holidays, to buy something nice. But I willsign the papers, if you could give me five minutes to read the agreement."

"We will see, what we can do, but I don´t see a problem in this demand. Here is your copy ofthe deal."

Clara started reading, whereas the man left, to make necessary arrangements. She didn´tknow, that these HR consultants were promised fat bonuses for any employee, who will besuccessfully persuaded by them to leave in peace, and on the spot, if possible.

Without any doubts, Clara signed the document.

"Thank you, Clara. Now, we will escort you back to your desk, so you can pack your stuff.Please, return us your entry card and the company cell phone. Your access to the companynetwork was terminated. Any data in your computer are not accessible for you anymore, weare sorry. This is the order."

They were so generous, that they called a taxi cab for her. It was done. Or... almost.

When Clara was leaving to the lift, she stopped by the table of one of her colleagues, Martin.He tried to comfort her. "I am so sorry, Clara. It should be somebody else! We all know here,how great you are."

"Thank you for your kind words, Martin, but they offered me quite a generous compensation,so I can take some vacation now, and I will think about my next career later," she assuredhim.

"Listen, Martin," she said discreetly, "I was working on something. It could be important. Ifyou you will have some time, have a look at this data. They didn´t let me to finish this, but Iam sure, that you will figure it out," Clara handed over a flash disk.

Martin wanted to say something yet, but Clara was gone already. He took the flash disk andreturned to his table.

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It was the evening. All colleagues left for home, and Martin was preparing to leave too, butthen he remembered Clara´s last words. So he inserted the flash disk into his computer, andhe inspected the data she gave him, just with curiosity.


After one hour, he dialed the number of his superior, John.

"Hello John, sorry to disturb you this late," Martin apologized. It was really unusual, becauseMartin was quite nobody in the company, a junior anayst - and even so, he called his superiorat eight o´clock in the evening.

Before John could complain to this strange behavior of his subordinate, Martin explained hiscall with serious tone in his voice: "I think that you should come back to the office. I foundsomething... it could be important," Martin repeated Clara´s words.

John understood quickly. In thirty minutes, he was back in the building.

"Have a look," Martin showed him. "According to these figures, tomorrow will happen aslight tremble in the Swiss financial market. And it could influence our own financial assetssignificantly. Our company owns many of the Swiss bonds, as you probably know."

John studied the numbers himself, and he checked them. "You are right. This is not lookingtoo good. It could lower the overall value of our ompany. And we can´t afford it right now,just before our merger with the buyer. Who made this financial model? You?"

"No. It was Clara. But they fired her, before she could finish it. I just made some final adjust-ments. And this is the result."

"I told that foolish management, that the Risk Assessment is an important department, butthey ignored it! And look at the results of their wise decisions... Anyway, I have to make afew calls now. This could be urgent."

In another hour, a strange event was happening - the luxurious limousines of the top manage-ment were entering the garage in the company building. When the CEO´s private helicopterlanded on the roof, it was the clear indication, that something big is coming.

During the unexpected meeting, Martin explained the events to CEO himself. The man waslistening carefully, and his face was really severe.

"This model indicates, that the conservative estimation of our losses is 26% of the overallcompany value in one day," Martin concluded his explanation.

The CEO was known as a decisive man with deep connections to the top state levels. It wasno secret, that the core of the Corporation´s capital was from the richest citizens of the count-ry.

"And in monetary value, how much is this loss?" he asked.

"Around 40 million USD," John said into the silence. "Tomorrow afternoon. But this is just aprediction. However, the numbers seem correct. You can check them yourself again."


"We can´t afford an unhappy event like this. And you all know, why," the CEO commented."Before I will make a final decision, I want to speak with the author of this prediction. Whosework was it?"

"A colleague... who was released from our services today," John said cautiously.

"You must be kidding!" the CEO was astonished. "I want her to be here immediately. Callher, and apologize her! This is not a game! "

"Sorry, but we don´t have her private telephone number. Her service phone was confiscated,and we have no other contact."

"I must be dreaming, team! But you do know, where she lives, her address? Send there some-body immediately! I want to speak with her in one hour. Hallo, people! Wake up! We aretalking about 40 million USD, floating in the air, so let´s get moving! Check the figures aga-in, and carefully! What time is it?"

"Almost ten thirty," somebody informed the CEO.

"OK. The financial market is opening at eight in the morning. Let´s use this time, to make aqualified decision. I won´t allow some foreign troublemakers to spoil the biggest transactionin the history of our Corporation!"

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"I am really sorry for all this, Clara," John said. "I tried to stop them..."

Luckily for him, she was at home, and she was so kind, that he allowed him to come in, eventhis late.

"Nothing happened," Clara said with detached smile. "Let´s have a coffee."

"No time for that, I am afraid. They are asking you to return back at once, and to confirm thenumbers. I was ordered to pick you up... sorry for this harsh behavior. But you can imagine,what is the actual situation there. The CEO is completely upset, that you were released. It wasnot his decision. That foolish HR people made it..."

"Oh, really?" Clara seemed surprised. "Look, I don´t want to play an insulted queen, but thatis only your problem now, not mine. I don´t want to get involved, and legally, I can´t accessyour internal information. There is some law regulation, you know that. So I can make you acoffee, and that is all."

John excused to her for a moment, and made a phone call. "Boss, she says no. She doesn´twant to get involved, or what."

"Offer her money," the CEO said without hesitation. "Offer her fifty thousand USD for sevenhours of consultancy work! Or grab her arm and deliver her against her will! I don´t care


what methods you will use! You know, what is in stake now! Do something, man! Make meproud of my team again!"

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It was six in the morning, and the orange sun emerged at the horizon. The CEO took theword, to announce his decision to the top management.

"I thought about all possibilities. We have a prediction, and it can be wrong. But after myprivate conversation with Clara, I firmly believe that she is right. And it means, that we willhave to make some bold steps, to contain this serious threat to our business operations.

The basic problem is not, what we could lose in the sense of money. That 40 million USD isonly a top of an iceberg. Add the fatal damage of our name, of our reputation. We can becompletely finished tomorrow, and our competitors will quickly join forces against us. Youknow the rules - everybody wants larger part of the sweet cake, and the best way is to elimi-nate a common enemy. If we will be weak, that vultures outside won´t hesitate.

In other words, people - we are talking about the survival of our company, Nothing less. Andit forces us to make swift, even ruthless moves. Any decency could make us history, and inthe matters of hours. My mission, as the CEO, is to prevent this to happen, using all availablemeans.

So here is, what we wil do. When the market will be opened, our Sales department will tryhard to sell all of our Swiss bonds, as fast as possible. We have to get rid of this questionableblessing now. How many people do we have there?"

"Only twelve remaining,,," the Sales director announced with bitterness. His department wasalso severely hit with the lay-off.

"OK. They will have to make it. Promise a 50.000 USD bonus to each of them, if 90% of thattoxic assets will be sold before 14.00. Don´t explain them, why. Just tell them to do it. I don´tcare, how high discounts they wil provide to the buyers. I just want to get rid of that problem,and completely."

"But our own loss will be too wide this way... it could really destroy us financially," somebo-dy said with anxiety. "The whole market will know in several hours, what is happening. Sothe price will be falling sharply. We will lose tens of millions USD... and our buyer will runaway certainly."

"They won´t," the CEO said coldly. And everybody knew, what was his dark plan. He willuse the bonds to start the small market tremble, to launch an avalanche, all investors will bescared, and also the competitors will suffer big losses, because they will be forced to sell theirbonds too, under this volatile conditions. In the end of the day, not only the Corporation willbe damaged, but their competitors too, everybody around. And their company will have theunique advantage, to be the first, who starts all that risky game, although with vast con-sequences for even the last citizen of their country.


But it was the only way to save the Corporation, the higher interest of their company. No oneof them could care, that they could launch an economic crisis, as the whole economy will suf-fer from all that tremble. Even the value of their national currency could be influenced nega-tively this way.

And all that will start with one single decision of a single CEO of a middle-sized Corpo-ration, based on one single financial model, made by Clara, the analyst...

She will be promoted and pampered, as the woman who has miraculous abilities, who savedtheir Corporation.

We will never know, if she made it as a revenge for being fired, or she was just a loyalemployee, who tried to save the values for her company. But in the end, it doesn´t matter,who the "analyst zero" was, and what was his or her real intention and motivation.

Next time, when you will read about a crisis in a newspaper, remember - only a single personcan be enough to start it. Not talking about so called "Economic Warfare", when an enemydeliberately tries to disrupt a foreign economy.

© Alan Svejk 2014. Consultant in VIP Affairs | Public Relations | Copywriter | Journalist | Author. www.svejk-alan.cz

