There is a quote attributed to Mark Twain that I love: The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why. After spending most of my career successfully climbing various corporate ladders, I discovered that I really love Project and Program Management.
For me, PM is the art of connecting what a stakeholder thinks they bought with what the vendor thinks they sold and thereby delivering the needed business benefits.
I have learned to listen to many languages: geek, engineer, operations, quality, salesperson, marketer, regulatory, executive and boardroom in my may career roles. This multilingual ability lets me manage cross-functional an