He asked about my work. Not the generic How's the job going? He referenced a specific interdepartmental conflict I'd mediated last month.
"I used a listen-first-negotiate-later approach," I explained under his probing, though something inside me felt strangely exposed.
The things I handled at Voss Corporation were probably the least noteworthy matters anyone could bring up. If something was important, it wouldn't be assigned to an intern.
Unless it was both unimportant and a headache.
Then it landed on my desk.
But Damon's eyes lit up. "Do you know there's a legal term for what you just described? It's called a controlled concession. You didn't even realize you were deploying an advanced persuasion tactic. You say nobody taught you. That's because your instincts are that sharp."
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