Interview in New Orleans

She asked me to tell her "what are you most proud of". I immediately answered, "putting in a PTO program". What???? While that took time and taught me a valuable lesson to pilot programs first, it was by far my proudest moment.

Why did I say that?

What is my proudest momment?

I have to say, it was creating a department from scratch. Putting the vision into action. Hiring, training, coaching, setting up processess and documenting steps. That was my proudest moment.

Why didn't I think of that?

Maybe it was because that moment was taken away from me. It was overshadowed by all those bad experiences... dealing with Diane, managing senseless complaints from the business unit because they wanted to do it themselves.

I was forced to dismantle it. Then the business unit was sold and it all was done for nothing.

I learned about how a PEO works and the implementation experience was good. However, it was full of dissapointments and difficult choices.

More importantly, I need to realize all the good that was created and not let it be stolen away. I should proudly acknowledge everything that the team did and not be ashamed.