How would you evaluate the work that Niele has performed to date?

As Sage Niele, the newly appointed Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer for the Midsouth Chamber of Commerce (MSCC), walked over to the microwave in her office, she recalled her excitement when she first started in this position. Only a few weeks prior, Sage was the owner/operator of a successful information systems and financial consulting business that kept her in the office or on the road an average of 80 hours per week. With a family and dreams of a simpler life, Sage decided to start working for someone else, where she thought her schedule would be much less hectic. Today, it did not seem like her life had changed much. She was still working 80 hours a week, and her life was just as hectic as before. Sage thought that she could see hope on the horizon, however.