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Brian graduated with an MBA three years ago and has risen through the managerial ranks quickly at a large bank. Approximately a year ago, Brian had a position to fill in his department and hired his college friend's sister, Laura, who had just graduated from college and was in need of a good job. Brian is very close to his college friend Lance, and Lance had highly recommended his sister as a hard worker. In addition, the vice president for human resources at the bank was pleased that Brian had hired a woman for the position since 90% of the employees in Brian's department are men. Laura gets along well with other people in the department, but the quality of her work has been substandard, and she has missed several department meetings. Brian met with Laura and explained what she needed to do to improve her work, but one month after their discussion, Laura missed another meeting. Brian realizes the importance of recruiting women to work in the department and does not want to upset his friend by firing Laura, but he feels that the poor quality of her work may slow down his career progress. Brian does not know what to do.

Your task is to generate 5 ideas for what Brian can do using the PAGES (Parts, Actions, Goals, Events, Self-concept) approach just outlined.
Write down any ideas that come to you immediately. Then set those aside and consider your perspective. Change one aspect of PAGES, then generate a solution with your changed perspective. Then repeat. Specifically: