“We regional office people never know what’s going on!” I’ve heard versions of this statement many, many times both inside the organizations I have worked in and from people in the organizations I’ve consulted to. The notion that people in head office are “in the know,” while people in other offices are kept in the dark is certainly the assumption. I’ve worked in both a head office and a regional office, so I know where those feelings come from. Here’s my true and false of working in a regional office.
