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Career Dilemma: Wrong Numbers

By: Gina Chung Super Mentor (5706 points)

Updated: 10/15/2009

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Tags: career dilemma, mistake

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It is 9:30am on Tuesday morning. My boss is making a presentation to a big client at their office in another city at 10am. I was not invited to the meeting. I am reviewing the presentation at my desk when my heart stops. I realize that the numbers that I prepared on pages 4 & 6 of the presentation are completely wrong. What should I do?

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Michael Littlejohn \| Contributor (25 points)	1356 days ago
I'd also take some of the heat off of my boss by offering to call into the meeting and walk the client through the right numbers.

Alain Kagarama | Mentor (657 points)

1361 days ago

Let be optimist in this specific case. Suppose that it is 9.30am PT in the town where the presentation will take place and that you are at your desk at 10 am ET more...

Guillermina Gonjon | Counselor (47 points)

1361 days ago

Something important to consider are the thirty minutes left to solve the problem. The best thing, is to keep it simple.

Call your boss and tell him the more...

Brian Smith PhD | Contributor (10 points)

1361 days ago

Quit and get a job working for the General Accounting Office in Washington DC (GAO). Working for the GAO it does not matter what the numbers are. Just generat more...

K. Don Cornwell | Counselor (73 points)

1361 days ago

Not much of dilemma on this one. Call the boss and tell him the #s are wrong and you are emailing him a replacement slide and having them printed for him. Yo more...

Ronald Mitchell | Super Mentor (30552 points)

1361 days ago

If you can't get to the assistant of the person hosting the meeting, use the Internet to find the nearest Kinkos / FedEx Copy Center. They more...

Amitava Biswas | Contributor (5 points)

1361 days ago

Good policy to report to the boss, and prepare him on how to handle situations. If the boss is a person who gets rattled easily, then it might be good to add a more...

Kathryn Marion | Contributor (10 points)

1361 days ago

Precisely, Andrea. It's your job to make your boss look good, so getting all the (updated & accurate) information he needs before the presentation is crucial. Y more...

Andrea Rice | Super Mentor (9239 points)

1362 days ago

This is a heart-stopping moment. I think you have to call your boss immediately and let him know the numbers are wrong on pages 4 and 6. Tell him you are going more...