Corporate Crisis Management — Ep 2: Corporate Crisis English Conversation | English C1-C2
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Conversation Script
CEO
Walk me through this quarter's numbers again, because a forty percent drop doesn't just happen overnight.
CFO
Wait, it's actually closer to forty-three percent once we factor in the returns from our biggest retail partner.
CEO
Seriously? I thought that partnership was supposed to be bulletproof after last year's renegotiation.
CFO
I know, right? Turns out their new procurement team decided to consolidate suppliers without even giving us a heads-up.
CEO
So we're essentially blindsided by a decision made in some boardroom we weren't even invited to.
CFO
Exactly, and to make matters worse, our biggest competitor swooped in and undercut us on pricing the same week.
CEO
That's almost comedic timing, if it weren't costing us millions in projected annual revenue.
CFO
Not entirely comedic, but I appreciate you trying to find the silver lining somewhere in this mess.
CEO
Alright, let's shelve the sarcasm for now and figure out what we tell the shareholders tomorrow morning.
CFO
Honestly, transparency is our best bet, because if this leaks before we control the narrative, we're finished.
CEO
Fine, but I don't want us grovelling either, we need to project confidence alongside the honesty.
CFO
We could frame it as a temporary disruption while emphasizing the diversification strategy we've already got underway.
CEO
That works, assuming legal doesn't gut the statement into something unintelligibly vague and toothless.
CFO
I'll draft something concrete tonight, and we can fine-tune the wording together before the call at nine.