In the course of only a few months, my Bain colleague Graham and I transformed an idea into a company.

During my first consulting project, I was asked to construct a sales plan for an insurance company. The first step was to meet Adam, the director of sales, to discuss forecasting assumptions.

I had just arrived in my unit, fresh from the U.S. Army Ranger School and the officer basic course, when my company set out on a twelve-mile foot march.

My most substantial accomplishment is my success as finance manager at Helisur, in a position I took with no professional exposure to aviation, advanced degree, or managerial experience.

Time never passes more slowly than when waiting for an actor to remember his next line.

One of my greatest struggles has been with my speech. I had a stuttering problem from age four that was a constant source of self-doubt until recently.

My first project at Accenture consisted of an SAP implementation for Chile’s largest copper mining company.

A scaffold bolt had just whistled past my ear. It was my third day on a construction site and I had been assigned six men to complete the foundations.