The situation is not what you expected it to be. Dig deeper. That’s the Emerson tradition, she mimicked sarcastically. Just lie down and let them walk all over you, she thought, crossing her arms across her chest and sitting back. That’s the way it’s always been done, she fumed. Just because it’s always been done that way, doesn’t mean it’s the best way. How can they look at a brand new practice pattern, one that’s barely been established, and project that to the needs of the department for the future? Mikaela shook her head and picked up a pencil and started tapping the desk. She didn’t want a title that didn’t have any authority behind it to back it up. She was the department head and to her that meant she would have a voice in decision-making. She didn’t want to be excluded and then be told what to do because everyone else got together and decided it was the best thing. Where was the due process in that?
