Ashes and Proof

On her first day as a parachuted-in executive, the entire department hands in their resignations en masse. Everyone waits to see her make a fool of herself, but she folds the resignation letters into paper planes and tosses them out the window.

"If you're leaving, do it now. Anyone still here tomorrow will be ground to dust by me."

Three months later, the team's performance has doubled. Only the man smoking on the top floor sees through her secret: every night at midnight, she watches the same security footage over and over.

He stubs out his cigarette and chuckles. "Want me to destroy the evidence for you?"

Behind him, the boardroom doors suddenly swing open.