The first official team meeting for the consulting project was supposed to be productive. Instead, it felt like a slow-motion disaster.
We had managed to recruit two more students at the last minute, quiet, unenthusiastic guys who clearly only joined because they couldn’t find better options. The five of us sat around a table in the library study room. I had prepared an outline, research questions, and a timeline, hoping to show leadership. But from the first minute, it was clear no one took me seriously.
One of the new guys, Kevin, barely looked up from his phone. “This is a lot of work for forty percent. Can’t we just split it and meet again closer to the deadline?”
The other one, Tyler, shrugged. “Yeah, and who’s actually going to present? I’m not great at public speaking.”
Mia trie
