My best experience thus far…
was prompted by what could easily have been a negative situation: A Sr. Manager and I had been working for weeks to prepare a highly anticipated new pronouncements training. On the morning of the training, the Senior Manager had to step out for a personal matter. As our entire department was gathering for the day-long session, it was unclear how the training was going to proceed. Thinking on their feet, our A&A partners mobilized a new training team, phoned me out at a client site and pulled me in to an impromptu session to go over how the materials were presented, terminology used, etc., and, as they say, “the show went on”. I ended up spending the day at the side of the new trainer, contributing details and examples I had picked up in my research. It was a little scary and unexpected, but a hugely positive experience. It boosted my confidence in my ability to contribute to the team and I was impressed with how our firm mobilized and handled an uncertain situation on the fly. We turned a potential huge waste of time in to a productive, meaningful day for everyone.