Leadership For Social Change - Class 2 - Period 7

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When the students arrived, they found the classroom set up like a high school auditorium. A big banner declared "Welcome, Henchpeople!" Tables lined the edge of the auditorium with signs announcing the companies represented. Lexcorp, Primatech, Umbrella Corp., Wolfram and Hart, Prescott Pharmaceuticals, Microsoft and others all appear to have a presence here.

"What up, leaders?" Dr. Horrible asked the class. Today he wore a white lab coat and white gloves. "Today we're going to discuss recruiting. You may think you can hire any old thug off the street to do your bidding. While it is true that cash will entice many to follow you, those that are motivated strictly by cash are easily lured from your side at times of pressure. Hire a union henchperson and you'll pay more, yes, but you get your money's worth.

"I want you to practice your henchperson recruiting speech. Tell them what you have to offer. Benefits and pensions are a good start but try to be creative. And as you listen to your fellow students, try to think of what a henchperson would be looking for and feel free to ask questions."

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Comments

Re: Recruitment Speeches

[notmyownage]

Claudia decided not to point out that they could be totally incompetent spies. Or, alternately, very competent ones with a complex cover story.

"Fine. Anyway, my organization doesn't kill people. We . . . kind of leave that to social Darwinism."

Re: Recruitment Speeches

[licensedtoarch.livejournal.com]

Oooh, guess which one it would be, Claudia! Guess!

"Your organization won't kill anyone," 24 repeated skeptically. "Is that like, a hard and fast rule, or more like a guideline? What about when the others all start sending people to kill you?"

Hey, not getting killed when the opportunities were vast and numerous was a point of pride!

Re: Recruitment Speeches

[notmyownage]

"Well, if you were going to kill someone, you'd better have a really, really, seriously good reason for it." Like, say, they were trying to kill you. "But there's definitely other ways of stopping people who come after you."

Re: Recruitment Speeches

[licensedtoarch.livejournal.com]

"Well sure," 21 agreed. "Ice-rays and freeze rays and stone-rays..."

"Ooh, traps are good, too. They start coming for you and BAM! The floor opens up beneath them!"

"Or weird gases to make them hallucinate!"

"Concoctions that turn them into half-human, half-creature hybrids!"

Points for creativity?

Re: Recruitment Speeches

[notmyownage]

"Maybe lean away from permanent mutations? But . . . yeah, I guess."