Santa Zuma redundant as his gift sack runs dry
Santa Zuma and his garden gnomes nearly destroyed the workshop. But who can become the new father of this magical kingdom?
We have reached that time of year when boys and girls across the land dream about a visit by an overweight man dressed in a red suit. This jolly visitor brings a sack full of presents for all the little children who have been really, really good all year (which isn’t very many of them, to be honest). This year, however, Santa Zuma is in a pickle. He used to be guided by a classic management text, Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus, which provided him with a reliable guide to the challenges of gift delivery. After all, Santa is in charge of a complex operation. He has to increase productivity in the "workshop", manage the "elves" that make the presents, and choose a cabinet of reindeer to deliver millions of gifts to apparently impossible deadlines. The book advises "choosing your reindeer wisely … hiring tough so you can manage easy". But Zuma has appointed a recruitment agency, Saxonwold Consulting, and it has made some terrible decisions."Hire me new reindeer," Santa Zuma told Ajay...
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