@ Karen - Thank you for your formula which I saved into a .doc file. I really like the direct approach as per your formula. (Just edited this comment in. Somehow I had to say I like your formula.)
@ Weetabix - Yes, the overwhelming majority of bosses, those managing government-owned or -sponsored institutions especially, have so conveniently hidden behind passive voice constructs forever averting any compromising issue that might arise from first-person writing. Rather than write, "I have today instructed X to redraw the contract pending a signature," most will probably resort to something like "X has today
been instructed to_______." On any other assumption at least.