Hint: Dave
To do this he quickly acquired the report on what had been successfully accredited and what had failed. He was surprised to find that his school had only failed on one point, the acoustics of their main music hall. That meant that everything else was fine, that it was a success except for that one thing! At the meeting the next day with all parties involved, Dave presented the report and his plan for hew they could improve the acoustics of the hall and then activate a second round of accreditation meetings. Everyone was happy except for the partners. They had already viewed the school as a failed acquisition and that was hard for them to adjust their thinking. Dave was quick, however, and encouraged them that this was still a successful item in their accumulation of a diversified portfolio. They agreed and the school was licensed three months later.
为了做好这件事，他迅速获得了一份报告，上面写着哪些地方他成功地通过了鉴定，哪些地方是他的败笔。他惊奇地发现整个学校只有一个方面没有达标——主音乐厅的音响效果。这意味着其他一切都好，除了一个方面之外他是成功的! 在第二天各方都参加的会议上，戴夫向大家递交了这份报告以及他的如何改进音乐厅音响效果，从而促成第二轮资格鉴定会召开的计划。除了那些合伙人，其他人都很高兴。那些合伙人已经认定收购这所学校是个失败，因此很难调整他们的思维。然而戴夫反应很快，他鼓励他们说，在他们多样化的投资组合积累中，这仍是一个成功的项目。合伙人同意了他的意见，三个月之后，学校拿到了办学执照。