Mr. Dawson chuckled and said, "Oh, didn't Ms. Wilson say she wanted to level up her skills? According to Mr. Sterling, the fastest and most effective way is to lead a team on a real project. So last week, Mr. Sterling had a previously shelved company project reorganized, and now Ms. Wilson—well, I should say Director Wilson—she's put together her own team and they're in a meeting upstairs now."

Marcus went quiet.

He turned his head to glance at Grace, who was ...