What I’m Good At

I just did my last group assingment at MBA school. I think it’s a good time to reflect on what strengths emerged over the course of 2 years. Here they are in reverse order.

5) Cheerleading! – Even after midnight when we had no clue what was going on, my team could rely on me to assure them that they could do it, and they always did.

4) Refocusing conversation when it goes off topic ( but sometimes talking over good ideas) – I can be very focused on the end goal, which is awesome when you know how to get there, but can kill the good ideas that come from wandering conversation. A total trade-off, I’m aware.

3) Talking really fast during the wrap up portion of a presentation ( which is invariably over time) – Hey, I’m a fast talker and I get to the point. Naturally I should be at the end.

2) Organizing the work and dividing up tasks – Once a project manager, always a project manager

And number one….

1) Making slides pretty! – “Line up your text! Stop mixing fonts! Add a picture! Use a graphic!”

Yes, you can see how truly invaluable I was.

p.s. this was a test post of the WordPress app on my iPhone.  Hence the unnecessary picture.