“I won't be able to finish the assigned task before deadline because the marketing department never gives us the info. They’re always such a pest!”*1 pointAdapted Child ego stateNatural Child ego stateLittle Professor ego state“Listen here, fella. Get Sadia to drop her useless shenanigans with the current client she is trying to unsuccessfully score a deal with and focus on potential clients who will actually give us business for a change!”*1 pointCritical Parent ego statePhotographic Adult ego stateRebellious Child ego state

“Listen here, fella. Get Sadia to drop her useless shenanigans with the current client she is trying to unsuccessfully score a deal with and focus on potential clients who will actually give us business for a change!”*1 pointCritical Parent ego statePhotographic Adult ego stateRebellious Child ego state

“We seem to have addressed all the urgent issues, while coming to a unanimous decision on how to prioritize the challenges. Let’s assign someone to manage the short-term issues and then agree upon strategies we will be putting to use for ensuring we don’t get into this situation again.”*1 pointPhotographic Adult ego stateNurturing Parent ego stateCombining Adult ego state

“How can I help you resolving the issue at hand? What resources can I provide to contribute in making this successful? Should we brainstorm this together? Or do you prefer being assigned a team to support you with completing the project? Or do you require more time?”*1 pointNatural Child ego stateCompliant Child ego stateNurturing Parent ego state

“Let me show you how to deal with that “ This is an example of critical/ controlling parent egonurturing parent egoadapted child egoadult ego

“The pandemic has affected our world so extensively that I don’t think we’ll ever be able to the world we knew prior to that. No business ventures, whether existent or upcoming, could thrive under such dire conditions.”*1 pointAdapted Child ego stateCritical Parent ego statePhotographic Adult ego state