Jonas was quiet for a moment, thinking about Rudy and his performance as a nine-month Time Span supervisor.

I broke his concentration. “So, tell me about this gut feeling you have about Rudy. You are concerned about having him shift gears and become responsible for the system?”

“I don’t know,” Jonas replied. “It’s just a feeling, maybe I am afraid that if I promote Rudy to this position and it doesn’t work out, Rudy might get upset and quit. He’s a proud man. And I don’t want to lose him. After all, he is our best supervisor.”

“So, what could you do to find out, to challenge Rudy’s capabilities without putting him into the position where he might fail?” I asked.

Jonas smiled and shook his head. “You’re right. There are certainly some things we could do to test Rudy, before actually giving him the position.”

“So, let’s make a list of some things we can challenge him with, to confirm his capability.” -TF