You don't read this book. You survive it.
This is a live interactive scenario from Inside the Workforce. You will read a setup. You will make a choice. You will live inside the consequences.
There are no right answers here. Only what you actually did.
You are a few months into a new job. There is a colleague named Riley who has been at the company for twelve years and operates by a completely different set of rules than everyone else.
Riley arrives late. Leaves early. Takes credit in meetings. Delegates work downward and presents it upward — and somehow every quarter Riley's numbers look good. Because Riley is exceptional at one thing: managing up.
You have been watching this for weeks. So has everyone else. Nobody says anything.
And then Riley takes something that belongs to you.
A project. A client. A win that had your name on it — until it didn't. The manager credited Riley in the team meeting.
You have to decide what to do.
You didn't know they existed when you chose. That's the point. The path you took is the one that says something about you — because it was the one that felt natural.
You can now walk the others. Each one is a completely different experience.
The Toxic Star is one of six scenarios in Inside the Workforce. The others are being released as they're built. Drop your email and I'll send each one directly to you — and let you know when the full book is available.
All six scenarios. Every path. Every debrief. The complete glossary of terms. A digital edition you can work through at your own pace — and come back to when the pressure hits.