But after speaking to you today and realizing I¡¯m having the same exact conversation with you that I had with Raine, ?I realized some where along the lines I failed miserably.?
¡°You are both good people, but I did not do my part to instill within you the confidence and self assurance and self esteem you need to be what want to be. Not you or Raine. That is evident by how you blame me for everything wrong in your life, with you and with this situation.
¡°And I will take that on myself as my personal short comings. I will examine what I did and where I went wrong because that¡¯s what I do. That is what personal accountability is. It¡¯s Examining the situation, analyzing your missteps within that situation, and making the appropriate adjustment to ensure a positive outcome for the next time.?
¡°And since this conversation has gone on way longer than it should and has fallen down a rabbit hole that I personally am no longer interest in engaging you in, I will answer your question as to why I removed you as team lead. ?
¡°And I will Speaking to you as Malcolm Chord III benefactor and founder of ¡°Project Guardian¡± not as your father. And then this conversation will be done, do you understand?
¡°yesterday and today was a job interview.? Harrison and my job with yesterday¡¯s exercise was to examine and evaluate the strengths and weakness of each member of the team so that we could see what we were working with and know where we should go to yield maximum results.
¡°Everyone¡¯s performance was evaluate and of course the team lead¡¯s evaluation process was going to be more closely and harshly examined that neonates. why because the team lead is response for the lives of the team and success of the mission?
¡°So with that being said, if you did any self reflection at all on your performance yesterday and today, Brandon you would know why you were removed as team lead, and this would not be a surprise to you?
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But you obviously did look at your performance outside of the ¡°oh whoa is me, my father is always disappointed in me¡± that is why you are confused. Let me go over the results of your evaluation now.¡±
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¡°Number one, Your bouncing infatuation from Mia to Kat is unbecoming of a team lead. You brought Mia here because you were attracted to her her abilities were secondary. When Mia informed your she was not attracted to you, you quickly shifted your romantic interested to the next ¡°accepted¡° member of your team without even considering the consequence of what that dynamic would do to the team itself.?
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¡°Number Two. You failed to recognized the tension between Ireland and Kites to the point where they had words.Yes Ireland is your sister, but this is your new team. It is the team lead job to strike the proper balance of admonishment and trust. As team leads Something should have been said to Kites to learn what his issues were and how you could help.
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?¡°Number three, You showed poor judgement when you did not realized slapping Kat¡¯s ass during a training exercise was inappropriate nor did you recognized that being overly affectionate and flirtation to your new love interest during the same training exercise sends the wrong message to your team. ?
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Hence Number Four you fail to realize Kites and Gen were being just as equally handsy and course correct first with yourself and then with them.
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Number five, You fail to notice or speak to a member of your team who was obviously showboating and showing off during the first part of your exercise.
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¡°Number six. Despite you experience with the bots, you offered you team no solid direction on what your team should do to defeat them
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Number seven, you failed to control members of your team whose thoughtless actions could have injured themselves or gotten someone killed yesterday
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¡°And yet despite all of these instances, I spent all night reconsider my decision to remove you as team lead.? I actually intended to reinstate you as team lead and make Mia your second. then you walked into that conference room, stood up and gave the kind of apology that elicited sympathy for yourself.? And sent any hope of salvaging the team dynamic that was shatter after Gen¡¯s behavior and outburst yesterday to then crapper.?
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¡°You don¡¯t have to be a mind reader to understand why Harrison or myself would be disappointed in the kind of apology you gave. It was self serving and not conducive for strengthening the budding relationship between the team and management who would be myself and Harrison.?
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¡±You offer your team no bigger picture out look. You offered your team no motivation. You offered your team no words of trust.? You offer your team no words of true specific self reflection or introspection, no words of personal accountability Instead you looked to Harrison and myself to do it for you because you were too lost to sulking in your own self pity so much so that after you stood, spoke and sat down. you didn¡¯t even realize that The trust between the team Harrison and myself was gone. And the team was no longer focus on the reason why they were actually here, to become the kind of guardians the city needs but on each individual relationship that they were building with in the group.?
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You failed to even realized that Mia was even apart of this groups. Which maybe have been a good thing because Only Mia stood and offered the team the words, guidance, self reflection and personal accountability of a leader. And what did you offered your team Brandon...sabotage, unsurity and unproductive leadership
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¡°what you have to understand Brandon is that I did not shut down the project...you did. you did when you offered your team no guidance. And yes I may have made Ireland team lead, they were in the trenches with you. They were still looking at you as their team lead. Which is why each and everyone of them came to your defense.?
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¡°And what did you do, walk out leaving them all stirring in their heighten sense of emotion and confusion. because you want me to make it better but you aren¡¯t taking ownership of the damage you did to begin with. And while it¡¯s commendable that you are here now begging me to reinstate the program, any hope of that being done is lost. Because the trust is gone between your team Now because your team is upset that Mia got it.
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¡°The trust and respect between your team and Harrison and myself is gone because they had no one to guide them and to help them to understand to have trust in the process. And when Mia tried they rejected her...because she want the lead. You are.¡±
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¡°See what you are showing me is you want to be team lead but you don¡¯t want the responsibility of guiding and shaping minds and prospective because the minute the team lead title was taken from you it was the hell with the team.?
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¡°And since you no longer had the title of team lead the thought or concept of checking on the well being of your team was no longer your responsibility.?
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And you didn¡¯t care because That was Harrison and my job. That was Ireland¡¯s job because she was team lead now because you had something other and more important ?to do last night right Brandon.
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yes you has something else in mind for last night because in your mind You¡¯re not team lead so you have no obligation to offer the team Hope perspective or understanding.?
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¡±Even after I shut down the project. Where were you? Did you do it then? Or did you just walk out.
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¡±what you have to understand is a leader is a leader at all times. But especially in times of uncertainty. A leader must a beacon of bedrock and steady foundation to their team. That leader must be assertive, self reflective, introspective and motivational. You did none of those things Brandon.
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your actions and ?what you said today Brandon, the solidified you loosing the team spot.These people need strong leadership in order to trust the process of what they signed up for. Their leader has to be an extension of harrison and myself so that they feel safe and open to learning and allowing us to shape and mold them into what they need to be, even in times when they are unsure or do not agree with what we are doing. Their leader has to put the teams needs and well being before themselves. These people because of how strong their individual personalities are need a leader who is confidant in themselves and their abilities to lead. They need a leader who is able to take charge when times are tough and to admonish when the team steps out of line. You talk about being a good solider Brandon. This team does not need a good solider they need a self assured leader. And that kind of leader never leads from the back. they lead from the front gladly and then ?delegates when they know their team is strong and one accord.
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So before you stand here and tell me that as your father I was disappointed in you. Understand that I wasn¡¯t. That might have been Ireland reason for being disappointed in you. But if I had to wager a guess it was less about your inability to lead or stand up to me and more about the destructive nature of the apology you gave.
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¡±Was I disappointed in your abilities Brandon, As Malcolm Chord III, No. to be honest I was not at all surprised by your performance. I gave you a chance to step up to the challenge and your actions showed you would rather be loved and liked than in charge and I expected that.?
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¡°But as your father I wasn¡¯t disappointed in your abilities. I was sad for you, Brandon. Here you had this great opportunity and you could not get out of your way. Enough to take advantage of it and to grab the moment. I was sad for you because I recognized with the dynamic of this group you were only going to get one shot to established yourself. And when I saw your inability to control Gen...when I saw you not even trying to because you were too busy flirting with Kat, I knew it was the beginning of the end for you as team lead. And here¡¯s a little tibidt for you Brandon. I was acting as your father, not Malcolm Chord III when I threw the Bots at you. I knew you were the only person in that room who had any experience with those Bots. I was trying to give you the opportunity to show your expertise and show them that you were a leader. And yet you fell back and let Kites and Gen, two inexperience rookies take the leader.?
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¡±And you wanna know how Ireland got the job. Because she saw that at the rate you were going someone was going to wind up hurt, and she took Control.
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¡±Think about that. You let someone else steal your shine because of your actions. Brandon. let that sink in¡±
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Chord paused then ¡°now if you will excuse me, it¡¯s only 10 am and I still have a business to run. if you would like to talk about any issues or hard feelings you have with me as father as my son, ?I am always open to that. I will be back in my personal living wing tonight at 6pm. I¡¯ll order pizza we can talk. If you want to make it a family thing. I¡¯ll send for Raine, Ireland, Harrison and our family¡¯s therapist Dr. Allan to join us.?
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But as far as Business goes, and addition conversation about Project Guardian and this team is over.¡± this would not be a surprise to you?
?Brandon realized at this point.? He was right on all accounts his apology was nothing short of sucky.
And he realized too late on being too touchy-feely with both Mia and Kat.? He didn¡¯t mean to make it come off like that but it did. ?
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?He was right he left it in the hands of others why because the role was taken from him and it seemed they wanted someone else in the role.? So he no longer bothered to be the leader just another teammate which wasn¡¯t what they needed but he felt it was no longer his place.? But he let his mindset and tempered fatigue get the best of him and he had failed not only his parents and the team¡but himself.? Things could have been so much better but the failure of this projected rested solely upon his hands and he knew that he hadn¡¯t just ruined his own chance but everyone else¡¯s as well.
So yeah when the project was canceled he left the room taking the responsibility that it was his fault.? He wasn¡¯t emotionally stable enough to face them for ruining their chance and since Mia wasn¡¯t attached to anyone she could be more objective.? He rested with Kat last night as it felt she was the only one that was in his corner then that accepted him leader or night.? Which put her in a bad position as well of receiving special treatment.? He said as he looked at him. ?
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?He had no words of inspiration or motivation, once the project was canceled what could he offer?? A place to stay at best no training facility, nothing so in that moment he was truly on an island with nothing to offer cause he had messed up.
The trust was gone but they still would have been together¡but probably for the wrong reasons.
¡°Fine dad¡I messed this up for everyone.? I can come back by then.? Yeah if you can get Raine here¡I can be back by then!¡± ?He said sadly as he left. ?¡°I love you too dad.? Thanks for hearing me.¡± ?It was the truth but he felt no better, but he did understand as he went down to check on the others, he was not sure where everyone was but he would check on them.
He had no idea of what to say¡it was over right and there was no reinstating anything if he had already missed upright?? He had no idea how to fix this with everyone.? He saw her as she finally came off of the elevator and sighed and figured he might as well start with the one he had hurt the most with his behavior.? He noticed Ireland and approached her as he was sure he had more coming, which was fine his shoulders were big and he deserved it hearing his father it made lots of sense too much actually he should have been leader first, man second, boyfriend third if at all but he should have protected Ireland most of all so she wouldn¡¯t have had to jump in and cover his ass.? He was a terrible brother at that moment and he knew it.
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